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Old Man's Beard

Usnea spp.

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44.0445, -123.072

Field Notes

Description:

A lichen that forms branched, filamentous forms. Found growing on trees. They are a pale green in color.

Habitat:

Tree branches.

Species ID Suggestions

Spanish Moss

Tillandsia usneoides

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ValB.Salares
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Old Mans Beard

Usnea

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Aaron Cadieux
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Comments (3)
Agustín Amenabar L
Also, Spanish Moss likes wet warm weather, Oregon might be a bit too cold for it. Very nice picture.
Aaron Cadieux
I am a forest technologist... This is undoubetdly known in the Northen boreal forest as "Old Mans Beard"

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PublishedJanuary 6, 2012

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