Identificaciones de mangum

Visual Description: This organism is green in colour and has thin hair-like leaves that are pointed in shape. They were seen on the soil.

Habitat and Geographical location: The organism was found in damp soil that was close to water. Thus the habitat of the moss can be described to be moist. Geographically, this is a common species that can be found in humid conditions.

Reference: http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/

Long narrow leaves with rounded edges, and growing in huge bushels covering the earth’s floor. Long in width but also surpassing approximately 2 feet in height. This cleaver plant is flourishing in the humid weather of Florida.

Fluffy dust lichen found on a palm tree at USF Tampa on 2/24/21 at 10:55am. Lichen is a light green color, textured, and grows flat on the tree. Reference: “This mint green cutie is common on shaded rocks, mosses, and tree trunks.” Nerd, Lichen. Lepraria Lobificans - Fluffy Dust Lichen, 1 Jan. 1970, lichennerd.blogspot.com/2012/05/lepraria-lobificans-fluffy-dust-lichen.html?m=1.

I found this organism on a tree bark on campus, it was a sunny day. Symbiotic form of life formed by a fungus and an algae/or cyanobacteria. Live in a lots of places, the clarity and quality of air affects the number of living lichen. The specie is defined by the form and the colour of leaves (reference Woodland trus)

Visual Description: Lichen appears to look like an algae or fungus that is attached to the trunk of a palm tree. They would seem like they have a rough texture to them and they are brightly colored in which it is easy to see them.

Defining Characteristics: Their unique characteristic is the fact that since it's made up of fungi and algae, the algae carry out photosynthesis and the fungi absorbs water and minerals, they can adapt to diverse climates. These organisms are lichens.

Climate: Lichens are able to adapt to many different conditions due to the fact that they can absorb and lose water unlike plants.

Reference: https://www.livescience.com/55008-lichens.html

These photos display lichens found on a tree on the University of South Florida's campus near the Marshall Student Center. This particular organism was about five inches wide and a very pale shade of green. Lichens are found in areas with environmental factors, such as water and light, that allow for proper growth (https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/beauty/lichens/habitat.shtml).