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  • Orange crustose lichen grows on the volcanic rock near Lake Mývatn in northern Iceland. Lichens are a symbiosis of a fungus and a green alga and/or cyanobacterium; and crustose is the most common type of lichen in Iceland; accounting for about 400 of the 700 identified species. Crustose are very slow growing; typically growing 1 millimeter or less per year.
    Iceland_Lichen_Myvatn_4007.jpg
  • Wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina) grows on the bark of a pair of  California incense-cedar trees (Librocedrus decurrens) in the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California.
    Cedar-Incense_Wolf-Lichen_Three-Tree...jpg
  • Lichen grows on exposed rock at Blackrock Summit in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia.
    Shenandoah_Lichen_Blackrock-Summit_9...jpg
  • The Skagit River flows past deciduous trees covered with moss and lichen in the North Cascades of Washington state near the town of Rockport.
    SkagitRiver_Forest_Lichen_0162.jpg
  • Lichen grows on the rough textured bark of an Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) tree growing in Marymoor Park, Redmond, Washington.
    Ash-Oregon_Bark_Lichen_Marymoor_9742.jpg
  • Lichen and moss form patterns on an exposed rock face near Lake Dorothy in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of Washington state.
    WA-Alpine-Lakes_Moss-Lichen_8076.jpg
  • Lichen grows on an old-growth western red cedar tree in the Sol Duc area of Olympic National Park, Washington. Lichens, which are compound organisms consisting of a fungus and a photosynthetic patner, are found in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, as well as rain forests and temperate woodland.
    OlympicNP_LichenOnBark_7082.jpg
  • Colorful crustose lichens grow on lava rock at Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. Lichens are a symbiosis of a fungus and a green alga and/or cyanobacterium. Crustose are very slow growing, typically growing 1 millimeter or less per year.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Lichen_2479.jpg
  • Bright yellow lichen grows along a stretch of the river Jökulgulskvísl, which means "glacial yellow fork," in the southern highlands of Iceland.
    Iceland_Jokulgulskvisl_2575.jpg
  • Late afternoon storm clouds develop over lichen-covered volcanic rocks and hills near Hveragerði in southern Iceland.
    Iceland_Developing-Clouds_Volcanic-R...jpg
  • Special properties in the bark of a Giant Sequoia tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum), center, protect the tree from damage that affects other trees. Chemical tannins in the bark and wood resist disease, rot, insects, and other causes of decay. Its thick, fibrous bark also provides insulation against fire. A tree that isn't similarly protected (left) is covered with moss. The Giant Sequoia's unique properties can help it live 3,000 years or more.
    Sequoia_TrunkProtection_SequoiaNP_87...jpg
  • Several maple leaves, some dusted with frost, cover the forest floor in autumn in the Shelton View Forest, Bothell, Washington.
    Leaves_Autumn_Forest-Floor_Shelton-V...jpg
  • Lichen grows on the walls near the entrance of Beauty Cave, a 300-foot (100-meter) long lava tube in the Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho.
    CratersOfTheMoon_Beauty-Cave_2519.jpg
  • Moss begins to overtake the rocky landscape within the blast zone at Mount St. Helens National Monument, Washington. This image was captured nearly 30 years after the violent May 18, 1980 eruption. The first wildflowers began to appear in this spot about 20 years after the eruption.
    MountStHelens_lichen_6801.jpg
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