- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Lichens and Mosses on Granite Outcrop
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Granite--Georgia--Rockdale
Panola Mountain (Ga.)
Parks--Georgia--Rockdale County
Natural resources conservation areas--Georgia--Rockdale County
Geology--Georgia--Rockdale County
Granite outcrops--Georgia--Rockdale County
Outcrops (Geology)--Georgia--Rockdale County
Lichens--Georgia--Rockdale County
Mosses--Georgia--Rockdale County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Rockdale County, 33.65424, -84.02661
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Lichens and mosses grow on a granite outcrop at Panola Mountain State Park in Stockbridge. As resurrection plants, lichens and mosses are able to resume photosynthesis after a drought, making them ideally suited to the desert-like conditions on the outcrops.
Photograph of lichens and mosses grow on a granite outcrop at Panola Mountain State Park in Rockdale County, Georgia. As resurrection plants, lichens and mosses are able to resume photosynthesis after a drought, making them ideally suited to the desert-like conditions on the outcrops. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/fall-line/m-7780/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/plant-life-granite-outcrops
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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