Sunday, August 13, 2006
Poronjäkälää Pirunkurussa - Cladonia lichen in Devil's canyon

Reindeers are part of the Varrio Nature Reserve. Their grazing pressure on Cladonia lichens is rather heavy, and in normal cases the lichens have been eaten almost down to the ground. We can see ungrazed Cladonias only in such steep cliffs where the reindeers cannot reach, like in the photo which was taken above the Devil's goorge.