The story " Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring " is expanded as the novel " Signs of Life " ( 1996 ); the short story " Anima ", first published in " Interzone " magazine, also forms one of the central thematic threads of " Signs of Life ".
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""'Geum " "', commonly called "'avens "', is a genus of about 50 species of rhizomatous rosette of leaves, they produce flowers on wiry stalks, in shades of white, red, yellow, and orange, in midsummer . " Geum " species are evergreen except where winter temperatures drop below.
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The other common genera are generally confined to dry areas of the United States . " Tetragma gei " feeds on mountain avens ( " Geum triflorum " ) in the US . " Greya politella " lay eggs in the flowers of Saxifragaceae there . " Prodoxoides asymmetra " occurs in Chile and Argentina ( Nielsen and Davis, 1985 ), but all other prodoxid moth genera have a northern distribution.
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About one-quarter of the site is occupied by willow carr, dominated by crack willow, " Salix fragilis ", beneath which the field layer contains a mix of tall fen and woodland plants, the latter including wood avens, " Geum rivale ", male fern, " Dryopteris filix-mas ", and, at the edge of the carr, globe flower, " Trollius europaeus ".
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Species such as Downy Willow ( " Salix lapponum " ), Mountain Avens ( " Dryas octopetala " ), Alpine Mouse-ear ( " Cerastium alpinum " ), Alpine Meadowgrass ( " Poa alpina " ) and others have been able to survive in these coves since the last glaciation through a combination of rocks rich in basic minerals, a harsh micro-climate, and inaccessibility to grazing sheep on cliff ledges.
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Species noted in 2007 include the Woodruff, Bird cherry, Primrose, Common violet, Oak, Stitchwort, Golden male ( Scaly ) fern, Bugle, Opposite-leaved Golden saxifrage, Bluebell, Dog's mercury, Broad buckler fern, Watercress, Lady fern, Male shield fern, Kidney vetch, Woodrush, Woodsedge, blackthorn, hawthorn, Marsh marigold, Foxglove, Sweet Cicely, Herb Robert, Red campion, Bistort, Ribwort plantain, Water avens, Wood avens, Moschatel, elm, alder, and many liverworts.
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Species noted in 2007 include the Woodruff, Bird cherry, Primrose, Common violet, Oak, Stitchwort, Golden male ( Scaly ) fern, Bugle, Opposite-leaved Golden saxifrage, Bluebell, Dog's mercury, Broad buckler fern, Watercress, Lady fern, Male shield fern, Kidney vetch, Woodrush, Woodsedge, blackthorn, hawthorn, Marsh marigold, Foxglove, Sweet Cicely, Herb Robert, Red campion, Bistort, Ribwort plantain, Water avens, Wood avens, Moschatel, elm, alder, and many liverworts.
