# Pulling stuff off a tree **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 5, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-stuff-off-a-tree/808232 "2018-02-05T17:50:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-stuff-off-a-tree/808232/21 "2018-02-07T15:27:33Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > In that case, it’s either [beard lichen](http://c8.alamy.com/comp/D41D4E/beard-lichens-usnea-festooning-shore-pine-pinus-contorta-in-dwarfed-D41D4E.jpg) or [lace lichen.](http://californialichens.org/state-lichen/lace-lichen/) Most of what we have here in Western Oregon would be beard lichen then … we do have lace lichen but not very much … thanx **Colibri** … [University of California at Santa Cruz Banana Slugs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Santa_Cruz_Banana_Slugs) … [shivers] … 31 states have official state soils … do you know yours? … [Here’s the dirt on this](https://statesymbolsusa.org/categories/soil) … ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-stuff-off-a-tree/808232/22 "2018-02-07T20:58:45Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Most of what we have here in Western Oregon would be beard lichen then … Or as we called it as kids: elephant snot. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-stuff-off-a-tree/808232/23 "2018-02-07T21:14:49Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Does every state in the Union have its own official lichen? I’d lich to think so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-stuff-off-a-tree/808232.md?page=1)