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Tuesday - August 02, 2011

From: Banks, OR
Region: Northwest
Topic: Non-Natives, Plant Identification
Title: Want to know the name of a string looking moss in OR.
Answered by: Jimmy Mills

QUESTION:

I want to know the name of a string looking moss or Licha that grows on pine trees? Thought was old mans whiskers, but this search brings up a flower; not what I am looking for. I found some in Glacier National Park.

ANSWER:

Here at the Lady Bird Johnson Wild Flower Center, our focus is on flowering plants which do not include moss or Licha (perhaps lichens).