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Shoreline lichen zonation on the Northwest coast as seen from a helicopter in the Queen Charlotte Islands. Species of Verrucaria make up the dark band, and above that Coccotrema maritimum makes a white band.

Photograph copyright Stephen/Sylvia Sharnoff