Common Lichens Found in Alaska

Solstice Light

Lobaria linata

Club Lichens (cladonia)

Monks Hood
(leaf lichen)

Old Man's Beard

A number of different crust lichens can be seen on this boulder near Hatcher Pass in the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska. (Link to June 18 slide show.)

Lichen Fact Sheet

Forest Lichens (5/21/2005)

Photographs, page design, and text by Katie Eberhart

This page last updated January 13, 2011

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