Lichen Growth Forms - Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Lichen Growth Forms - Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
Lichen Growth Forms - Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont
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<strong>Lichen</strong> <strong>Growth</strong> <strong>Forms</strong><br />
(overall shape and configur<strong>at</strong>ion of the lichen body)<br />
• FOLIOSE (leaf-like)<br />
– fl<strong>at</strong>tened body<br />
– distinguished upper and lower surfaces<br />
• FRUTICOSE (shrubby or hair-like)<br />
– grow erect or hang straight down<br />
– no distinguishable upper and lower<br />
surfaces<br />
• CRUSTOSE (crust-like)<br />
– lower surface grows on and among the<br />
particles of the substr<strong>at</strong>e<br />
– cannot be removed from the substr<strong>at</strong>e in<br />
one piece<br />
<strong>Gre<strong>at</strong></strong> <strong>Smoky</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ional Park
CRUSTOSE<br />
FOLIOSE<br />
FRUTICOSE
Mosses<br />
- Members of the plant<br />
kingdom<br />
- have tiny green “leaves”<br />
composed of cells th<strong>at</strong><br />
contain chloroplasts<br />
- generally grassy green
FRUTICOSE<br />
CRUSTOSE<br />
MOSS<br />
FOLIOSE
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