Yes, healthy and abundant lichen is a good sign. But I've never
considered Old Man's Beard terrifying stuff. Most of the stuff I had to
watch out for was underfoot... like moccasins. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> Chuck,
> Latin name is usnea. It's kind of terrifying stuff, since it appears
> to gobble up trees, and although we didn't have much cloud or fog,
> even without it it's spooky and eery. One of the unexpected pleasures
> of the trip was hiking around with a chemist by profession who was a
> biologist by avocation. He was like a kid at Disneyland on Isle
> Royale and noted that the presence of so much healthy old man's beard
> indicated that the air is very clean up there.
>
> Thanks,
> Joel W.
>
> On 2/22/07, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Very nice. I also got a surprise seeing the "Old Man's Beard" lichen.
>> Previously I've only ever seen it in South Florida and assumed it was a
>> Florida native.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>> I was shamed by Ag Schnozz last weekend into getting my Isle Royale
>>> photos from last September's photo adventure webbed out:
>>>
>>> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox
>>>
>>> List Personality Highlight: Bill B. inside the fateful canoe.
>>>
>>> All E-1 with either DZ 15-54 or 50-200. Several extra wide in the
>>> Scoville Pt. gallery were taken with Bill's DZ 7-14 (thanks Bill as
>>> always).
>>>
>>> Most of the macro-ish photos (flowers and plants, mainly) were made
>>> with the 90/2 + OM adapter.
>>>
>>> Joel W.
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