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02-11-2008, 03:53 PM
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| | | Loch Ness Overgrown with Moss
I went to Loch Ness earlier this year and ALL the trees were covered in this moss. I have no idea what it is. Is there a reason why it was so numerous?  |
02-11-2008, 04:09 PM
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| | | Re: Loch Ness Overgrown with Moss
Not mosses, but lichens. They look familiar, but I don't have much knowledge of lichens other than appreciating their beauty! |
02-11-2008, 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by aeshna5  Not mosses, but lichens. They look familiar, but I don't have much knowledge of lichens other than appreciating their beauty! | And it grows in clean air..
It is beautiful.. |
02-11-2008, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh And it grows in clean air..
It is beautiful.. | spot on keyleigh ...it is a sign of clean air!!!
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02-11-2008, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by seamusagleann spot on keyleigh ...it is a sign of clean air!!! | It must be due to all the trees in Scotland keeping air nice and clean.. |
02-11-2008, 05:12 PM
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| | | Re: Loch Ness Overgrown with Moss
I'm aware that there are some plants that only grow where the air is really fresh but not sure if this only applies to Lichens or does it involve other plant species as well ? In any case I agree it's beautiful to look at. 
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04-11-2008, 06:39 PM
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| | | Re: Loch Ness Overgrown with Moss
One of the Cladonia or Usnea family, though there are 3 or 4 species in the pic.
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04-11-2008, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by demicav I'm aware that there are some plants that only grow where the air is really fresh but not sure if this only applies to Lichens or does it involve other plant species as well ? In any case I agree it's beautiful to look at. | Lichens aren't plants strictly speaking. Technically they are nearer to animals or so a lichenologist once told me. They are a combination of an algal species that provides the chlorophyll and a fungal species that forms the thallus (body). The scientific name of the lichen is that of the fungal partner because the species will only ever have the one fungal symbiont whilst the algal partner can be a different species.
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04-11-2008, 06:47 PM
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| | | Re: Loch Ness Overgrown with Moss
I think that there at least 2 species of lichen there, possibly more, so you have a great indicator of freedom from pollution. ID ing lichens is not easy, but a range must be good news.
They usually grow very slowly (I photoed one about 10 years ago, printed it onto a sticky label and it covers the back of my PDA, went back this year, and it looks the same). |
04-11-2008, 09:44 PM
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We have loads of the stuff in Lennox Forest, it seems to grow in very damp conditions
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