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Growing on a conifer in the hills north of Mount St. Helens, showing the leaf-like side-branches and pendent "stems", some of them several metres long. Dolichousnea longissima (syn. Usnea longissima), [2] [3] commonly known by the names old man's beard or Methuselah's beard lichen, is a fruticose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae.
Members of the genus are commonly called old man's beard, beard lichen, or beard moss. Members of the genus are similar to those of the genus Alectoria . [ 2 ] : 148 A distinguishing test is that the branches of Usnea are somewhat elastic, but the branches of Alectoria snap cleanly off.
Old man's beard may refer to the following: Chionanthus virginicus, a tree, which is used like a medicinal plant and ornamental plant. Clematis aristata, an Australian climbing plant. Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant. Tillandsia usneoides, "Spanish moss" - a bromeliad. Usnea, a genus of lichen
Fringe Tree. Also known as old man’s beard, fringe trees have small, bright white feathery blossoms in the spring and deep green foliage in summer. Versatile and cold-hardy to -30 degrees, the ...
Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals.The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of old man's beard.
Old man's beard smothering a Cordyline australis (cabbage tree) on the Port Hills in Christchurch. Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba) is an invasive plant in New Zealand that affects indigenous biodiversity. It is declared an unwanted organism under the Biosecurity Act 1993 which means it cannot be sold, distributed or propagated.
It is also known as old-man's beard, yerba de chiva, and virgin's bower, (though old-man's beard may also refer to C. vitalba, and virgin's bower may also refer to C. lasiantha). It is native to North America where it is widespread across the western United States in streamside thickets, wooded hillsides, and coniferous forests up to 8,500 feet ...
Experts believe the tomb was owned by a man who died in 736 AD at age 63, during the middle of the Tang dynasty, which ran from 618 to 907 AD. He was buried in the tomb along with his wife.