...and the "plants of the north" series concludes with an organism (or rather, organisms) without flowers.
A set of links about Thamnolia vermicularis, or whiteworm lichen, since I'm away on vacation:
- Thamnolia vermicularis is not restricted to the northern hemisphere, as explained in The Geography of Phytochemical Races
- additional photographs of Thamnolia vermicularis from the Sharnoffs
- the genus Thamnolia via the Toolik-Arctic Geobotanical Atlas
Although that picture of a northern plant is weird check out the endangered species photo at the bottom of the page:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/species-of-the-day
Happy April Fool's Day!
Oh, I'm glad you picked this lichen for the last post from the north. We have them here in Colorado alpine, and they're fascinating. Thanks for the links...
the first of april is the day we remember
what we are the other 364 days - mark twain
lichen are interesting are they not
the sharnoffs web is so good really so much to see
YES I HAVE SEEN THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
Wildly beautiful. Perfect for all us April fools.