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tracielane942tracielane942 Posts: 5
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Does anyone know what is growing on this tree it’s on all the trees in the area I live , is there something bad in the air?

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 35,795
    Hello Tracie. I am so sorry but your picture is not really clear enough to show anything. Would it be possible for you to take a close up picture of a smaller area?
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,224
    Lichen by the look of it. Beautiful stuff. A sign of clean air  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 35,795
    I did think that might be the case Fairygirl
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,224
    One of my favourite things @Ladybird4  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • tracielane942tracielane942 Posts: 5
    Ladybird4 said:
    Hello Tracie. I am so sorry but your picture is not really clear enough to show anything. Would it be possible for you to take a close up picture of a smaller area?
    Hi , yes I will take another picture tomorrow and put it up 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 33,709
    tracielane942 said:
    Ladybird4 said:
    Hello Tracie. I am so sorry but your picture is not really clear enough to show anything. Would it be possible for you to take a close up picture of a smaller area?
    Hi , yes I will take another picture tomorrow and put it up 
    @Fairygirl has identified it.  :D
    Devon.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,740
    Yes it’s one of the many fascinating types of lichen. A sign of clean air and an important part of the ecology and not doing any harm to the tree. 

    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,224
    Whether it's on a tree at low level

    or a rock at several thousand feet altitude


    It's always lovely  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • tracielane942tracielane942 Posts: 5
    This is a clearer picture, I thought it was disease 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,224
    It's what I said at the start. Lichen. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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