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lichen [ˈlaıkən] N BOT

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The reserve contains 343 species of vascular plants and 200 species of lichen. en.wikipedia.org

In this cryptobiotic state, lichens can survive wider extremes of temperature, radiation and drought in the harsh environments they often inhabit. en.wikipedia.org

Adults have been observed resting with outspread wings on lichen-covered tree-trunks. en.wikipedia.org

Reindeer lichen, like many lichens, is slow growing (35 mm per year) and may take decades to return once overgrazed, burned, trampled, or otherwise consumed. en.wikipedia.org

It is tundra consisting mostly of very low-growing grasses, rushes, forbs, mosses, lichens, and liverworts. en.wikipedia.org

In 1977, they published their results and reported one location for each species of lichen that they identified. en.wikipedia.org

One notable experiment tested the ability of lichen to survive in space. en.wikipedia.org

Then the lichen is dried and ground to powder. en.wikipedia.org

This, the lichen's type locality, was later paved and the population presumably destroyed. en.wikipedia.org

It is composed of the soft fibers of the tree cotton and decorated externally with bits of bark, lichen and leaf. en.wikipedia.org

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