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Lichen Lesson - Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont

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<strong>Lichen</strong> Monitoring D<strong>at</strong>asheet<br />

Group Name/School: _____________________ Tree Species (and ID #): ___________<br />

D<strong>at</strong>e:___________<br />

Tree Circumference:____________cm<br />

Loc<strong>at</strong>ion:_____________ Canopy Cover: 0-20%, 21-40%, 41-60%, 61-80%, 81-100%<br />

Directions: Pick a side of the tree (due North, South, East, West) and <strong>at</strong>tach the transparency grid to<br />

the tree using the clothes pins. Record wh<strong>at</strong> you see under each circle in each of the nine boxes. Each<br />

box should contain exactly 10 marks. If you see more than one thing in any circle, mark the one th<strong>at</strong><br />

makes up the majority.<br />

Direction (North, South, East, West): __________________<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#1<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#4<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#7<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#2<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#5<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#8<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#3<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#6<br />

Crustose _________<br />

Foliose _________<br />

Fruticose _________<br />

Moss _________<br />

Bare Bark_________<br />

#9<br />

Crustose<br />

total # with this type of<br />

lichen<br />

divide number in last<br />

box by 90 (you’ll get a<br />

decimal)<br />

multiply this by 100<br />

to get the % of this<br />

substr<strong>at</strong>e<br />

Foliose<br />

Fruticose<br />

Bare Bark<br />

Moss<br />

Parks as Classrooms <strong>Gre<strong>at</strong></strong> <strong>Smoky</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ional Park<br />

<strong>Lichen</strong>s 5

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