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<a ------=_Part_77527_17481071.1158094259600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 9/12/06, Bob McDonald <bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote: > > Hello Peter, > > Your "fuzzy stuff" growing on the trees are lichens. This is clearly an > Usnea species (a so-called Beard Lichen) but there are several of these in > NS. It looks most like Usnea longissima (Methusaleh's Beard Lichen) which > can be up to 3 m long!! > Thanks! BTW, lichens do not harm the tree and use it simply as a substrate, i.e. a > place to grow. > Interesting. The leaves on the lower branches were nearly gone, the lichens had grown over the areas where the leaves would normal grow. I know trees are rather hearty, so I assume the lichens have no substantial effects on the overal health of the tree? There is an increasing number of people in the province interested in > learning about lichens, especially since they are a valuable natural > indicator of air quality. In fact, the Usnea lichens in particular are very > intolerant of pollution and are hard to find > <snipped for space> Thanks a bunch. Gives me something to go on. Peter (your Clayton Park neighbor) ------=_Part_77527_17481071.1158094259600 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/12/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Bob McDonald</b> <bobathome@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font size="2">Hello Peter,</font></div> <div><font size="2"></font> </div> <div><font size="2">Your "fuzzy stuff" growing on the trees are lichens. This is clearly an Usnea species (a so-called Beard Lichen) but there are several of these in NS. It looks most like Usnea longissima (Methusaleh's Beard Lichen) which can be up to 3 m long!! </font></div></div></blockquote> <div> </div> <div>Thanks!</div> <div> </div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font size="2">BTW, lichens do not harm the tree and use it simply as a substrate, i.e. a place to grow. </font></div></div></blockquote> <div> </div> <div>Interesting. The leaves on the lower branches were nearly gone, the lichens had grown over the areas where the leaves would normal grow. I know trees are rather hearty, so I assume the lichens have no substantial effects on the overal health of the tree? </div> <div> </div> <div> </div><br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div><font size="2">There is an increasing number of people in the province interested in learning about lichens, especially since they are a valuable natural indicator of air quality. In fact, the Usnea lichens in particular are very intolerant of pollution and are hard to find </font></div></div></blockquote> <div> </div> <div><snipped for space></div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks a bunch. Gives me something to go on.</div> <div> </div> <div>Peter (your Clayton Park neighbor)<br> </div></div> ------=_Part_77527_17481071.1158094259600--
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