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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.
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.
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.
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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
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 ...
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.
Clematis aristata, known as Australian clematis, wild clematis, goat's beard or old man's beard, is a climbing shrub of the family Ranunculaceae, found in eastern Australia in dry and wet forests of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. [1]