Must be the air is cleaner in Isle Royale. I've seen trees in the
northern Everglades with lots of lichen but I can't say I've ever seen a
tree I would describe as "encased" in lichen.
Chuck Norcutt
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> If you look in the lower left corner of this photo:
>
> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/ir/tobin/ir23.jpg
>
> you will see a branch completely encased in the lichen. When an
> entire tree or several are enveloped in the stuff, it's very eery at
> first. I tried to get some good photographs of the lichen enveloping
> trees on this massive scale, but I really just couldn't capture it.
> After a few days, it no longer made quite this impression.
>
> I'll try to come up with a couple photos that might be somewhat
> successful at illustrating what I mean.
>
> Joel W.
>
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