2.23.26 Sax-Zim Bog lichens & plants, MN

 From 2.21.26-2.24.26 my father, sister and I drove from Chicago, IL to Sax-Zim Bog and back. This is from Day 3.

See all of the Sax-Zim Bog trip posts at the Sax-Zim Bog February 2026 page. 


Boreal Oakmoss
(unknown location)

Common Greenshield (unknown location)

Netted Shield Lichen (unknown location)

Common Greenshield (unknown location)

Boreal Oakmoss (antler-like), Common Greenshield (Leaf-like), and Netted Shield Lichen (frond-like)
(unknown location)

Boreal Oakmoss and Common Greenshield
(at Magnificent Mile)

Boreal Oakmoss and Netted Shield Lichen
(unknown location)

Common Greenshield
(at Winterberry Bog)

Netted Shield Lichen and Common Greenshield (at Fringed Gentian Bog)

Boreal Oakmoss and Netted Shield Lichen (at Fringed Gentian Bog)

Netted Shield Lichen and Boreal Oakmoss
(at Fringed Gentian Bog) 

Boreal Oakmoss, Sunburst lichen (orange), and Netted Shield Lichen (at Winterberry Bog)

Boreal Oakmoss and Common Greenshield (at Winterberry Bog)

Boreal Oakmoss on a tree
(Roadside) 

Netted Shield Lichen and Boreal Oakmoss (fallen chunk of branch)
(at Winterberry Bog)

Boreal Oakmoss covering a fallen pine
(at Winterberry Bog)

Unidentified Sunburst (orange) and just plain unidentified lichens on a Birch
(Roadside)

Same lichens on two birches
(Roadside)

Bog Rosemary?
(at Winterberry Bog)

This plant was everywhere at Winterberry Bog
(at Winterberry Bog) 

Grass creating pattern in the snow (at Magnificent Mile Feeders)

Lots of grass (at Magnificent Mile Feeders)

Young Spruce (at Magnificent Mile Feeders)

Young Spruce
(at Winterberry Bog)


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