Color, texture, and pattern studies of lichen and old snow.
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All of these photos were taken on Campbell Mesa, in the Coconino National Forest, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Tag: lichen
Kendrick Park Flora
Lichen, possibly Hypotrachyna sp.
Lupine’s last stand. We have three similar lupine species in Northern Arizona, with overlapping distributions. I think this is Lupinus palmeri, the bluebonnet lupine.
Unidentified grass seedhead, wet with dew.
Unidentified moss on volcanic rock.
Common mullein, Verbascum thapsus.
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Kendrick Park Flora
Lichen, possibly Hypotrachyna sp.
Lupine’s last stand. We have three similar lupine species in Northern Arizona, with overlapping distributions. I think this is Lupinus palmeri, the bluebonnet lupine.
Unidentified grass seedhead, wet with dew.
Unidentified moss on volcanic rock.
Common mullein, Verbascum thapsus.
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Lava and lichen.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona.
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Lava and lichen.
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona.
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Mixed community of resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides), sphagnum moss, and various lichens.
Found on the shaded north-facing trunks of trees in the churchyard at Buckhorn Baptist Church, Como, North Carolina.
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Mixed community of resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides), sphagnum moss, and various lichens.
Found on the shaded north-facing trunks of trees in the churchyard at Buckhorn Baptist Church, Como, North Carolina.
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Mixed community of haircap moss (Polytrichum sp.) and lichen. On the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Mixed community of haircap moss (Polytrichum sp.) and lichen. On the banks of the Dismal Swamp Canal in Chesapeake, Virginia.
Reading Recommendation: Cryptogams [sic] and the NSA by John Sifton at warscapes. A satirical look at what happens when one man sets a literary trap for the NSA’s PRISM program. Hilarious. Thanks to buffleheadcabin for the link!
You’ll have to read to the end for an explanation of my “fungoalgaceous" photo illustration. Shown are fruticose lichen (Cladonia sp., but lacking the bright red caps called apothecia that give them their common name "British Soldiers”) and haircap moss (Polytrichum sp.). This photo was taken in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia, and is previously unpublished.
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