There comes a moment in New England woodlands in the spring when up through last season’s decaying leaves and pine needles comes the first green. Like a carpet rolled out overnight, suddenly the greedy leaves of the Canada mayflower are everywhere.
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Canada mayflower • Photo by Dr. Thomas G. Barnes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Public Domain)
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Lessons learned from the lichen
“There is a low mist in the woods. It is a good day to study lichens,” wrote Henry David Thoreau in his journal on the last day of 1851. To tell the truth, any day is a good day to study lichens, as Thoreau would have acknowledged.