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Chiracahua Cliffs with lichens 1
From southern Arizona.

Chiracahua Cliffs with lichens 2
From southern Arizona.

Ramalina menziesii and other lichens on trees 1
From the Carmel Valley, California.

Ramalina menziesii and other lichens on trees 2
From western Oregon.

Ramalina menziesii and other lichens on trees 3
From the central Coast Range, California.

Ramalina menziesii and other lichens on trees 4
From the central Coast Range, California.

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Slate rocks with lichens.
From Merced Falls, Sierra Nevada foothills, California.

Oak woodland in early spring, with lichens 1
From the Carmel Valley, California.

Oak woodland in early spring, with lichens 2
From the Carmel Valley, California.

Oak woodland in early spring, with lichens 3
From the Carmel Valley, California.

Oak woodland in early spring, with lichens 4
From the Carmel Valley, California.

> Crustose lichens on rounded boulders.
From Baja California, Mexico.

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir with white band of rock without lichens.
From Yosemite National Park, California.

Sonoran Desert with lichen-covered rocks 1
From southern Arizona.

Sonoran Desert with lichen-covered rocks 2
From Baja California, Mexico.

Chrysothrix sp. on cliffs.
From southern Arizona.

Black lichens on granite cliffs 1
From the Sierra Nevada, California.

Black lichens on granite cliffs 2
From the Sierra Nevada, California.

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Omphalora arizonica and other lichens.
From Monjeau Lookout, northern New Mexico.

Stereocaulon sp. on lavafield, 1
From Hawaii.

Stereocaulon sp. on lavafield, 2
From Hawaii.

Abies trees with Letharia
From the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, California.

Ramalina menziesii and other lichens on trees 5
From the central Coast Range, California.

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The gravelly soil between the plants is covered with vagrant species of lichens, especially Rhizoplaca spp., Xanthoparmelia spp., and Psora decipiens.
From southeastern Idaho, near the Continental Divide.

Alders in California's Carmel Valley in winter glow with pale green lichens, primarily species of Usnea and Ramalina.

Ramalina menziesii on a coastal conifer, Mendocino County, California.

Oak trees with lichens and moss, northwest of Cloverdale, California

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