USDA Forest Service Celebrating Wildflowers
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Interesting (and often overlooked) Plants on Our National Forests and Grasslands"I believe a blade of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars" ~Walt Whitman Interesting Plants on Our National Forests and Grasslands takes a closer look at a myriad of unique, often unusual, often over-looked, and always fascinating groups of plants. From the Chugach National Forest in Alaska to the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, and areas in between, we will explore bryophytes (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts), lycopods, ferns, lichens, grasses, aquatic plants, and many other interesting groups from the plant world. Explore these pages and learn of the wonders of the world of cryptic, over-looked, and unassuming plants on our national forests and grasslands! Lichens In our initial offering we are going to take a look at the group of organisms called lichens. Truly, they are not plants in the scientific division of life forms, but rather they belong to the Fungi kingdom. In the past and even today, Forest Service botanists and plant ecologists are the primary resource specialists who deal with the conservation and management of these beautiful and fascinating organisms. |
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