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lungwort

Lobaria pulmonaria

Photo by BambiJudy
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Field Notes

Notes:

I took this picture in a small forest by the coast of the Gulf of St-Lawrence in Gros Morne National Park. It was dark and humid.

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Lobaria

Species ID Suggestions

"Lungwort", or "lung lichen"

Lobaria pulmonaria

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galewhale..Gale
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Comments (2)
BambiJudy
Thank you for the ID ! It was quite beautiful, lots of trees had this lichen on them...it did looked like a healthy and undisturbed forest !
galewhale..Gale
They are supposed to signify a healthy ecosystem... yay! At least I think so http://www.lichen.com/bigpix/Lpulmonaria.html Here are a bunch of images that look a lot like yours: http://www.google.com/images?q=lobaria+pulmonaria&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&sa=X&ei=jaeDTYOlMZOz0QHd35DeCA&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=1313&bih=868
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PublishedMarch 18, 2011

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