The tree that I chose was near the Life Sciences Research Building on West Green
close to Union Street.
The species looks to be Acer rufinerve, a snakebark maple native to Japanese mountain forests. This demonstrates the paired branching and the type of leaf to identify the maple species.
This is the north side of the tree. This is the direction that most lichens were present.
It was the side facing the parking lot. To give a size reference, the lichens were clearly identifiable across the street.
This is the eastern direction. This was the direction with the least amount
of lichen colonies present.
The southern direction seems minimal, but the colonies blended in with the tree unless one was close to the tree. The colonies were little on their own, but clumped together enough to receive a "3" in all squares.
The western direction had one square that received a "3", the square at the top, but the rest of this direction had little lichen.
