Yup, one of my favorite epiphytes. Common on live oaks and cypress
trees in the south. Also likes certain power lines where it's not
nearly so pretty.
Chuck Norcutt
Jeff Keller wrote:
> I had heard the name spanish moss used in California, but that appears
> to apply to something entirely different on the east coast.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_moss
>
> -jeff
>
> On 2/23/07, Scott Peden <scotpeden@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Funny you should ask, just saw some in Big basin last weekend and was
>> amazed, something wasn't familiar with. If I am seeing the pic correctly, it
>> is flat rather than round like the Usnea, right?
>>
>>
>> I'll ask my fellow docent, Karen, who is ahead of me on the Lichens and when
>> I get a response, I'll let you know!
>>
>> Actually I decided to see what I could find.
>>
>> Check out
>> http://www.lichen.com/portraits.html
>>
>> and see which of these are your Lichen, since I can't get as good of a pic
>> as I wished I had (and that these were even better, but they are better than
>> most)
>>
>> http://www.lichen.com/bigpix/Eprunastri.html
>>
>> http://www.lichen.com/bigpix/Rstenospora.html
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>> Of Moose
>> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 9:24 PM
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [OM] Re: Isle Royale photos finally webbed out
>>
>> Scott Peden wrote:
>>> Then 'specs' I was given for Usnea was 98% pure air, at the HQ of Big
>> Basin,
>>> 19,000 acres large, the stuff is uncommon at the parking areas, but 1
>> block
>>> away it shows up and 1/4th of a mile away another lichen that requires
>> 99.8%
>>> pure air starts showing up.
>>>
>> So what's this stuff? Is the one on the right Old Man's Beard, Usnea
>> <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/MPhotos/Calif/PtLobos/Lichen/>?
>>
>> This is just down the road from you.
>>
>> Moose
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