lichen – Jessica's Nature Blog

Signpost for the Gower Pilgrimage Way in Mill Wood at Penrice in Gower, South Wales, near Hillside Cottage

December 7, 2025

Penrice 2

Trees, moss, and ferns on Mountebank, the Penrice Castle Estate, site of the earthworks for the first Penrice castle built in the 12th century

December 5, 2025

Penrice 1

Lichens encrusting ancient rocks

Lichens on Rock at NBGW

Natural pattern of lichens encrusting rocks in a stone wall with ivy and valerian flowers

March 17, 2024March 11, 2024

Lichens on Stone at St Davids

Detail of weathering on an intertidal rocky outcrop of sedimentary strata

July 22, 2023July 17, 2023

Gosker Rock Patterns & Textures 10

Detail of natural relief sculpturing by weathering on an intertidal rocky outcrop of sedimentary strata

July 19, 2023July 16, 2023

Gosker Rock Patterns & Textures 6

Detail of weathering on an intertidal rocky outcrop of sedimentary strata

July 16, 2023July 15, 2023

Gosker Rock Patterns & Textures 3

Rock strata showing erosion texture and encrusting yellow and black lichen

July 15, 2023July 14, 2023

Gosker Rock Patterns & Textures 2

Orange coloured lichen with black tar on limestone rock

Lichen Textures on Rock IOP 1-6