Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests.
This is the parasitic lichen known to botanists as usnea barbata, and popularly as the "fairies' scarf," which dooms any tree once caught in its pendulous net to gradual decay and ignominious death.
A very pretty nest in my collection is largely made, externally, of usnea and is profusely decorated with masses of the curly outer bark of the yellow birch.
Next bits of fine grass, a little usnea moss, and cedar bark fibre.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "usnea" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
