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What Is Not Killing Field of Dreams
Senior Voice of Hernando County • NOVEMBER 2020 • 5
Field of Dreams
Car Show
Your Tree: Lichens Car Show
Nov. 21 & 22
By Dr. William Lester, Nov. 21 & 22
UF/IFAS Extension The Fourth Annual Field of Dreams Car Show will take
Hernando County place on November 21 and 22 at the Florida Classic Park,
5360 Lockhart Rd., Brooksville. All proceeds will go to the
Did you know? Shriners Hospitals for Children.
• Lichens are organisms There will be live music, food vendors, arts & crafts, swap
that consist of a fungus meet, and car corral spaces available. Judging and trophies
and alga growing (60) will be on Sunday. There will also be door prizes both
together. days.
• Lichens are epiphytes; For information, call John at 813-956-3503.
they get all their
nutrients from the air and pale green, yellow or even
rainwater. black. The presence of
certain lichens is even used
• The presence of lichens as a measure of air quality
is normal on many because many are very
Florida trees and shrubs. sensitive to air pollution.
Our office receives frequent Heavy lichen growth
calls from residents worried on declining trees and
that their tree is being killed shrubs is often blamed HELP WANTED
by Spanish moss, ball for the plant’s demise,
moss, or lichens. None of but in most cases the tree Telephone Advertising Sales
these naturally occurring in question is declining Representative Senior Voice Newspapers
organisms are parasites and from environmental Work 10 – 12 hours per week from home.
none of them will damage stresses, damage, or poor Right now, businesses are in dire need of
a tree. Lichens derive their management. Defoliated
nutrients from rainwater, branches on these plants getting the word out to the public that they are
organic debris, and plant provide increased sunlight open for business after being on shutdown.
leachate. They do not to the lichens, which causes The Senior Voice can give these businesses
penetrate tree trunks or the lichens to thrive. If your exactly what they need. Our advertising rates
cause disease in otherwise tree or shrub is declining it are very affordable for even the smallest of
healthy plants. is not because of the lichens, businesses.
Lichens come in a wide it is for some other reason. We need you to call these businesses to let
variety of shapes, sizes, For answers to all your them know that we can help them get customers
and colors. Many are flat, tree and shrub questions, back in their doors.
but others may be leafy or contact UF IFAS Extension Must be good at sales over the phone.
even hair-like. If you were Hernando County at 352-
to go on a hike through 754-4433. The Master This is a great way to earn extra money working
one of our local nature Gardener Nursery, 19490 from home.
preserves, you would see Oliver St., specializes in Email us at seniorvoice99@gmail.com and tell
lichens in a variety of bright native and Florida-friendly us a little about your sales experience.
colors growing on most of plants and is open every No phone calls please.
the trees. The colors range Wednesday and Saturday
from white to gray, red, from 9 to 11 am.
