Plants on the coast

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Re: Plants on the coast

Post by bobcat » September 22nd, 2018, 9:07 am

Apothecia (or fruiting body) - which produce the microscopic spores.

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Re: Plants on the coast

Post by adamschneider » September 22nd, 2018, 3:21 pm

Webfoot wrote:
September 21st, 2018, 11:11 pm
However in the dunes there was quite a carpet of it which seems different than the clumps or mounds I saw in the gorge.
There are a lot of species of Cladonia/Cladina, more than one of which is called "reindeer lichen." You might have seen a different one in the Gorge.

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Re: Plants on the coast

Post by Waffle Stomper » September 24th, 2018, 6:53 am

adamschneider wrote:
September 20th, 2018, 8:43 am
I don't think that's a rhododendron; rhodies don't have toothy leaves. Maybe a wax myrtle?
Missed those.
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