The lichen’s beauty is in the many different colors it can exhibit from rock to rock.
“When you take photos the lichen almost looks like flowers,” Dininger said. “The lichen pulls different minerals out of the rock and that is how they get their color, pink, lavender, orange, yellow, green and even black,” she said. “It’s a very cool phenomena and after it rains the lichen look brilliant.”
Vasquez Rocks is a wildlife sanctuary and all natural and cultural features are protected by law. There is no wood or rock
gathering allowed.
Photo from UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research.
