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Kenilworth Ivy, Cymbalaria muralis, foliage

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Sandstone densely covered with lichens in Spain. Saxicolous crustaceous lichens - Malaga region, Andalusia

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Sandstone densely covered with lichens in Spain. Saxicolous crustaceous lichens - Malaga region, Andalusia

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Strawberry Begonia, Saxifraga stolonifera, flowers

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Strawberry Begonia, Saxifraga stolonifera, flowers

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Rusavskia elegans (ex. Xanthoria elegans) on a tombstone in Champsaur (Hautes Alpes). Xanthoria elegans is a superb orange lichen, foliaceous, saxicolous (living on rocks) and nitrophilous. Psychrophilic, it can photosynthesize down to -24°C and continue to grow at -10°C1. Common in the mountains and widely distributed worldwide. France

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Rocks covered with a "lawn" of Ramalina siliquosa lichens in Galicia (Spain). Fruticose lichen: Ramalina siliquosa characteristic of a humid maritime environment - crustaceous lichen Xanthoria and Caloplaca - Costa da Morte in Galicia (Spain)

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Rustyback Fern (Asplenium ceterach) on a stone wall in Spain. An evergreen fern with lobed leaves that form dense rosettes. The underside of the leaves is covered with scales. Adapted to drought (leaves curl up) thanks to an aptitude for anhydrobiosis and revivification, it is a common plant of rock crevices (chasmophyte plant) and old limestone walls (lithophyte plant).

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Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) on a cliff, Alps, Switzerland

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Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) feeding on a rock face, Alps, France

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Wall rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria). Habitat: cracks in limestone rock. Montane and subalpine levels. Aragonese Pyrenees. Spain

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Tangled saxifrage (Saxifraga nervosa). Habitat: subalpine and montane siliceous rock. Endemic to the Pyrenees. Atlantic Pyrenees, France

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Irat Saxifrage (Saxifraga iratiana). Habitat: siliceous rocks. Endemic to the Pyrenees. Alpine stage. Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain

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Bromeliads on the Inselberg in the Nouragues nature reserve. Detail of plants growing directly on the rock on the inselberg. Inselbergs, also known as "rock savannahs" in French Guiana, can also be large, more or less flat expanses of bare granite - Régina, French Guiana.

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Moss-covered stone wall in the Golfe du Morbihan, Saint Philibert, Southern Brittany, France

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Pennywort (Umbilicus rupestris) flowering plant growing in a small fault in a sandstone slab in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, France

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Euroepan stonecrop (Sedum ochroleucum) to be confirmed, in the moss on a sandstone slab in spring, Réserve naturelle nationale de la plaine des Maures, Environs des Mayons, France

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Mosses and sedum together on a pink sandstone slab in spring, Detail of flowers in spring, Plaine des Maures National Nature Reserve, Environs des Mayons, Var, France

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Meadow Saxifrage, Saxifraga arendsii 'Purple', flowers

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Meadow Saxifrage, Saxifraga arendsii 'Purple', flowers

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Alpine Calamint (Calamintha alpina), Habitat: lawns, limestone rock gardens, Subalpine, Pyrénées Atlantiques, France

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Saxifrage (Saxifraga nervosa), Habitat: subalpine and montane siliceous rock, Pyrenean endemic, Aragon, Spain

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Crassula sp. growing from a crack in a rock in the Swartberg Mountains near Klaarstroom and De Rust. Western Cape. South Africa

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oil palm plantation, trunk colonized by ferns, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia, North Borneo, Southeast Asia

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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria), Mont Gaussier, Alpilles, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria), Mont Gaussier, Alpilles, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria), Mont Gaussier, Alpilles, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

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Wall creeper (Tichodroma muraria), Mont Gaussier, Alpilles, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

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Pyrenean Saxifrage (Saxifraga longifolia), monocarpic plant of limestone cliffs. Endemic to the Pyrenees and northern Iberia.

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Foliaceous lichens on granite in Corsica. Saxicolous foliaceous lichen Xanthoparmelia conspersa

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Foliaceous lichens and mosses on granite in Corsica. Saxicolous foliaceous lichen Umbilicaria pustulata (=Lasallia pustulata) - sometimes abundant on rocks, eaten in Canada as rock tripe.

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Foliaceous lichens on granite in Corsica. Saxicolous foliaceous lichen Umbilicaria pustulata (=Lasallia pustulata) - sometimes abundant on rocks, eaten in Canada as rock tripe. The yellow foliaceous lichen with isidia is probably Xanthoparmelia conspersa.

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Ivy and Roccella phycopsis on granite. A thermophilic saxicolous fruticose lichen of rocky overhangs. Some species of the Roccella genus are among the very few lichens to have been given a generic vernacular name in French for their dyeing properties: they are known as orseilles. Gulf of Ventilegne.

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Roccella fuciformis on granite in southern Corsica. A thermophilic saxicolous fruticose lichen of rocky overhangs. Some species of the Roccella genus are among the very few lichens to have been given a generic vernacular name in French for their dyeing properties: they are known as orseilles.

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Roccella tinctoria on granite at Roccapina (South Corsica). A thermophilic saxicolous fruticose lichen of rocky overhangs. Certain species of the Roccella genus are among the very few lichens to have been given a generic vernacular name in French for their dyeing properties: they are known as orseilles.

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Crustose lichen on granite in Corsica. Saxicolous crustose lichen Lepra (leucosora ?) (=Pertusaria leucosora)

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Kimberley rock monitor (Varanus glauerti)

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Meadow Saxifrage, Mossy Rockfoil, Saxifraga arendsii 'White', flowers

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Musky Saxsifrage (Saxifraga moschata) growing in its high altitude habitat, Austria

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Dolomite saxifrage (Saxifraga squarrosa) growing in Dolomites high altitude habitat, Trentino, Italy

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Prost's Saxifrage (Saxifraga pedemontana prostii), endemic to the Cévennes, France

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Crustose lichen Xanthoria elegans on a quartzite wall, Saxicolous, nitrophilous, thermophilous and heliophilous species with mountainous tendencies, Grande Sassière Reserve, Vanoise, Savoie, France

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Crustose lichen Xanthoria elegans on a quartzite wall, Saxicolous, nitrophilous, thermophilous and heliophilous species with mountainous tendencies, Grande Sassière Reserve, Vanoise, Savoie, France

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Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustacean), Grande Sassière Nature Reserve, Savoie, France

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Complex of saxicolous lichens on quartzites in Savoie, Brodoa atrofusca (grey foliaceous) + Rhizocarpon geographicum (yellow crustaceous) and Aspicilia sp (grey crustaceous), Grande Sassière Nature Reserve, Savoie, France

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Crustacean lichens of the genus Lecanora in the Haut Var, Shield lichen (Lecanora concolor), saxicolous, calcifuge species of the middle mountains, Southern Alps, France

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Pyrenean Saxifrage (Saxifraga longifolia), Habitat: sunny limestone rocks, Pyrenean endemic, In the background, the Peña Telera overlooking the Tena valley, Aragonese Pyrenees, Spain

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Lichens on wet basalts of El Hierro island (Canary Islands). Stereocaulon vulcani: pioneer lichen on basalts - El Golfo area

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Lichens on wet basalts of El Hierro island (Canary Islands). Stereocaulon vulcani: pioneer lichen on basalts - El Golfo area

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Orchilla lichen (Roccella canariensis) on the island of El Hierro (Canary Islands). Roccella canariensis is a fruticose lichen of the Roccellaceae family known as Orchilla from which a natural dye used for the colour purple is extracted (orcein). It grows on the Canary Islands, on cliffs exposed to the trade winds, and was particularly prized by the Romans and by Genoese and Venetian cloth merchants in the 15th century. It was one of the main historical exports of the Canary Islands. El Hierro