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Bushy Beard Lichen

Usnea strigosa

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35.7565, -83.9705

Field Notes

Description:

The bushy beard is the hairy looking lichen with the flat spots. It is growing with another kind of lichen that I do not know.

Habitat:

on honey locust in riparian woods at Kyker Bottoms Wildlife Refuge

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PublishedOctober 17, 2013

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