In the post
Animals, Mushrooms and Plants, I visited the phylogenetic tree of Eukaryotic organisms. Since I especially like
algae and
lichen (Algen und Flechten), I dug up some photos of those.
The first one shows lichen-covered stones on
Mount Desert Island in
Acadia National Park in Maine.
Quite a different color is the
red lichen at Point Bonita in the Marin Headlands. I didn't have my camera with me, but check out the
link for a picture on Flickr.
On the beach (here at
Point Reyes), algae are abundant. They look like big snakes, and are hollow.
Point Reyes is worth a visit any time of the year. A special treat is a hike to Tomales Point during the mating season of the
Tule Elk. The best time of the day is early in the morning, when few hikers are on the trail, and the Elk are close by.
On the top of the
Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, the ornamental cherry trees are covered in lichen. they are exposed to a lot of wind, and the lichen hides on the eastern side of the tree trunk.
The next pictures shows trees at
Alpine Meadows, a ski resort in the
Lake Tahoe area. While I don't ski, I enjoyed snow-shoeing the area.
Additionally to the liken-ed trees, I saw a dead one, that looked like a spiral. The poor tree spiraled it's whole life in search of the light, until it smothered itself to death.
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