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Alectoria sarmentosa on Western hemlocks 1
From Southeast Alaska.

Alectoria sarmentosa on Western hemlocks 2
From Southeast Alaska.

Alectoria sarmentosa on Western hemlocks 13
From Southeast Alaska.

Lichens on alpine meadows with granite 1
From White Pass, near Skagway, Alaska, at border with British Columbia.

Lichens on alpine meadows with granite 2
From White Pass, near Skagway, Alaska, at border with British Columbia.

Lichens on alpine meadows with granite 2
From White Pass, near Skagway, Alaska, at border with British Columbia.

Lichens on distant alpine meadows
From interior Alaska.

Lichen zonation: Coccotrema maritimum (white) and Verrucaria spp. (black) 1
Aerial photo from Haida gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia.

Lichen zonation: Coccotrema maritimum (white) and Verrucaria spp. (black) 2
From Haida gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia.

Lichen zonation: Coccotrema maritimum (white) and Verrucaria spp. (black) 3
From Haida gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia.

Lichen zonation: Coccotrema maritimum (white) and Verrucaria spp. (black) 4
From Haida gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia.

Lichen zonation: Coccotrema maritimum (white) and Verrucaria spp. (black) 5
From Haida gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia.

Lichens (Usnea spp. and Ramalina spp.) on winter trees 1
From the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

Lichens (Usnea spp. and Ramalina spp.) on winter trees 2
From the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

Lichens (Usnea spp. and Ramalina spp.) on winter trees 3
From the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

Alder trees 1
(note: Alders have brown bark. The white color comes from a mosaic of crustose lichens)
From northwestern Washington.

Alder trees 2
(note: Alders have brown bark. The white color comes from a mosaic of crustose lichens)
From near Sitka, Alaska.

Dolichousnea longissima on distant tree 1.
From northwestern Washington.

Dolichousnea longissima on distant tree 2
From northwestern Washington.

Dolichousnea longissima on distant tree 2
From Southeast Alaska.

Forest trunks with Alectoria sarmentosa and other lichens 1
From Willamette National Forest, Oregon.

Forest trunks with Alectoria sarmentosa and other lichens 2
From Willamette National Forest, Oregon.

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Lichens in forest glade.
From Southeast Alaska.

Lichens in muskeg 1
From Southeast Alaska.

Lichens and eagles in large Spruce tree.
From Southeast Alaska.

Lichen zonation.
From Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Chrysothrix sp. on distant cliff.
From near Mt. Rainier, Washington.

Lichens in coastal dunes area
From Northwestern California.

Lichens on sand in Juniper sand flat, with tire tracks.
From northern interior British Columbia.

Alectoria sarmentosa on Western hemlocks 25
From Southeast Alaska.

Alder trees 3
(note: Alders have brown bark. The white color comes from a mosaic of crustose lichens)
From northwestern Washington.

Lichens in muskeg 2
From Mitkof Island, Southeast Alaska.

Distant patches of yellow lichens form "meadows" on this granite outcrop in Southeast Alaska.

In the tundra of interior Alaska the pale yellow lichens stand out among the grasses and herbaceous plants.
From along the Denali Highway, west of Paxson.

On the Kenai Peninsula in Southeast Alask, the lichens and moss form small "meadows" among the rocks.

A tree (probably Pseudotsuga menziesii) with Lobaria oregana and a pendant Usnea sp. From southern Washington. Image 1

A tree (probably Pseudotsuga menziesii) with Lobaria oregana and a pendant Usnea sp. From southern Washington. Image 2

An orchard tree (plum?) with a lot of Usnea sp. lichen. From the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

Bare trees with a lot of Usnea sp. lichen. From the Willamette Valley, Oregon.

Lichens cover the sandy soil at Jackman Flat, westside of the Rocky Mountains, British Columbia.

Trees covered with lichen near Marcola, Oregon.

A lichen covered boulder along the Smith River, northwestern California.

Conifer with Usnea sp. in the Coast Range along the California-Oregon border. Image 1

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Conifer with Usnea sp. in the Coast Range along the California-Oregon border. Image 2

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Usnea spp. and U. longissima on a conifer near Quartzville Creek, Oregon Cascades.

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