Lichen

a colony of orange lichen makes its home in the protected pockets of this boulder on the north jetty of the siuslaw river.

the giant rock is part of a massive pile of granite boulders that line both jetties to make the river mouth more passable to boats during rough seas.

the rock was trucked from a quarry in mapleton in the 1980s to rebuild and extend the jetties after many years of deterioration from the crashing waves.