Barry, Cool lichens. We have them here in the NC mountains too.
The Pine Barrens looks like a wonderful place. I would love to visit it. Keep being ENTS eyes and ears there. JP On Jan 4, 2:46 am, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw this Pitch Pine today in Wharton State Forest, near the Batsto/Pleasant > Mills Church. Notice how big the branch is in relation to the size of the > tree. Also, from the branch upwards the tree was dead. Just the lower trunk > and the branch were alive. On the horizontal part of the branch, nearest the > trunk, I photographed the lichen in the third picture. You can see Awl > Lichen, British Soldier Lichen and a tiny bit of Reindeer Lichen. > I've said this before, that in the Pine Barrens, lichen will grow on anything > and everything that doesn't walk. The only thing is, you don't find either > Reindeer or Thorn Lichen growing on vertical surfaces. > Barry > > DSC07219.JPG > 398KViewDownload > > DSC07220.JPG > 419KViewDownload > > DSC07221.JPG > 303KViewDownload -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
