Fw: HERB - oak moss

[nweders@mail.utexas.edu]

It is easier to pull lichen off after rain or a day with heavy dew.  It
gets somewhat puffy.  Most lichen will dye wool as well.  Some of it needs
to be fermented.....

Clare



At 07:30 PM 7/12/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Moss/lichen being removed from a tree is usually *good* for the tree.
>These things give off secretions that etch into whatever surface they're on
>and give them something to "hang on" to.  Fine for stone, bad for trees.
>Unlike mistletoe or ivy, however, it is not likely to kill a healthy tree.
>
>--Katherine
>

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