It was a cool day, but yet so perfect with sunshine and hardly any wind at the park yesterday.
Meridian State Park has a lot of limestone. This was a road cut. The root from the juniper above could not be stopped!
A new tool for lichens is a UV light with a wave length of 365nm. Apparently, I should have been using it all along. This is a crustose lichen on limestone.
Another amazing root!
The Mexican Plum was in bloom!
Multiple crustose lichens on bark.
The above lichens, but with 365nm UV light shining on them.
We walked along the shoreline for a short distance.
The tall reeds are the Common Reed (Phragmites australis)!
Beavers were here. However, it had been sometime since they had gnawed this tree.
To observe the UV, we cupped our hands to make it darker. The orange lichen is a Teloschistes lichen and the blue is crustose lichen. The UV fluorescing is due to the different acids on or in the lichens. It can be helpful in keying lichens for ID’ing purposes.
Some of the junipers had part of their bark stripped off. I do not know if was by people or critters.
One final thing. ..does anyone know anyone that likes daylight saving? I certainly do not…grrrrrr! What is wrong with Congress? Ok, don’t answer that LOL.
Wow that’s an unsettling bit of info on the monarchs
Yep, pretty grim😞 but maybe efforts will make a difference. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
We’ll keep planting good stuff and trying!!
All our wildlife is dwindling. Too too sad. That uv light just makes lichens even prettier. Love the roots