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Cladonia boryi
I brought a large clump of this lichen home to Boston from Cape Cod. It has done pretty well on my NE-facing steps and even produced this new growth over the past few years. Lichens are notoriously hard to transplant so I'm happy with the result of this experiment. In nature this species requires a sunny, well-draining (sandy) spot in an acid soil habitat. It increases its biomass primarily by cloning.
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Cladonia boryi
I brought a large clump of this lichen home to Boston from Cape Cod. It has done pretty well on my NE-facing steps and even produced this new growth over the past few years. Lichens are notoriously hard to transplant so I'm happy with the result of this experiment. In nature this species requires a sunny, well-draining (sandy) spot in an acid soil habitat. It increases its biomass primarily by cloning.
Please join me in my blog “Botany Without Borders: Where Design Meets Science”
botanywithoutborders.blogspot.com/