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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.
Usnea is a genus of fruticose lichens in the large family Parmeliaceae.The genus, which currently contains roughly 130 species, was established by Michel Adanson in 1763. . Species in the genus grow like leafless mini-shrubs or tassels anchored on bark or
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.
WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (PIX11) – If you ask any man who has ever rocked a serious beard, there's a special bond that develops. Whether it's the time invested in growing it out or the amount ...
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
Treebeard, or Fangorn in Sindarin, is a tree-giant character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He is an Ent and is said by Gandalf to be "the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-earth." [T 1] He lives in the ancient Forest of Fangorn, to which he has given his name.
When a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina on Maui last August, the wall of flames scorched the 151-year-old banyan tree along the historic town's Front Street. One year after the fire, here's ...
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