Monterey Cypress Trees, Point Lobos State Reserve, California

Photo ID# RW3152

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Due to the windy conditions at Point Lobos SR, the ocean salt spray has caused a green algae rich in beta carotene to grow on these monterey cypress trees therefore turning them orange. This phenomenon is called red lace lichen, Trentepohlia aurea v. polycarpa.

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Point Lobos State Reserve pictures, photos of monterey cypress trees, and rights-managed stock images by nature photographer Richard Wong.