Usnea

Usnea is often combined with spilanthes or echinacea.

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Branches are sleeved in mosses and lichens such as beard lichen Usnea longissima.

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area, China 2009

In the cloud forests, trees are draped abundantly with the lichen Usnea longissima.

Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, China 2008

Inland from this strip of vegetation are vast gravel plains that are largely devoid of vegetation except for fields of colorful lichens, including the species Teloschistes flavicans, Parmelia convoluta, and Usnea spp.

Namib desert 2008

At these higher altitudes a lush cloud forest exists, including Juniperus procera, usually festooned with the lichen Usnea articulata, the woody shrub Euryops arabicus and Lavandular on the north facing slopes.

Southwestern Arabian montane woodlands 2008

The trees themselves also harbor many epiphytic species including Usnea spp. and Lycopodium gnidioides.

Knysna-Amatole montane forests 2008

Certain species of lichens (e.g. Usnea aurantiaco-atra) produce higher levels of usnic acid when levels of UV-B are higher.

Maudlandia Antarctic desert 2008

Species of Parmelia and Usnea and the orange lichen Teloschistes capensis are common.

Kaokoveld desert 2008

The lichen, Usnea longissima, is abundant in places where moist, cloudy conditions occur during the growing season, hanging from branches and collecting water droplets from fog.

Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests 2007

Dr. Frye stepped in over the weekend and recommended some herbal goodness Usnea and Goldenseal.

Recouping 2006