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Cladonia arbuscula
Green-grey moss growing from the ground which looks somewhat like the moss growing from the trees, but tougher and sturdier
edge of trail area on the dunes in sandy loam
There was a recent wind storm and at first I thought this had been blown down, but when I tried to pick some up, it was firmly anchored
Spotted on Feb 19, 2012
Submitted on Feb 20, 2012
9 Comments
yes, i cross posted my comment - everything's correct - sry for confusion
I must have fixed while you were posting - unless you meant the scientific name?
You misspelled it unfortunately ;)
Nice catch!
This is my best guess given that stellaris is an east coast resident
Thank you! It was pretty cool for me. Seems very localized to this one park
btw, fantastic spottining, like that structure !!
karen, that should be a lichen from the cladonia fam. Here also know as "Reindeer lichen /rendiermos" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladina_ran... ). take a look for local cladonia species. good luck.
Now if only I knew exactly what it was!
interesting info!