Crustose lichens are pictured on a rock in the St. Lawrence seashore of Essipit in the Quebec region of Cote-Nord, Thursday October 11, 2012. Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic relationship between a fungus (the mycobiont) and a photosynthetic partner.Vaccinium angustifolium are pictured on the coast of the St. Lawrence river in Essipit, an Innu community located in the Quebec region of Cote-Nord, Thursday October 11, 2012. Vaccinium angustifolium, commonly known as the Lowbush Blueberry, is a species of blueberry native to eastern and central Canada and the northeastern United States.Seagulls rest on the rocky seashore full of fucus of the St. Lawrence river in the Essipit Innu community in the Quebec region of Cote-Nord Thursday October 11, 2012. Fucus is a genus of brown algae found in the intertidal zones of rocky seashores almost throughout the world.Sun sets on fucus growing on the rocky seashore of the St. Lawrence river in the Essipit Innu community in the Quebec region of Cote-Nord Thursday October 11, 2012. Fucus is a genus of brown algae found in the intertidal zones of rocky seashores almost throughout the world.Fruticose lichens is pictured in the rocky seashore of the St. Lawrence river in the Essipit Innu community in the Quebec region of Cote-Nord Thursday October 11, 2012. Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic relationship between a fungus (the mycobiont) and a photosynthetic partner.A lone fir is pictured growing between rocks in the rocky seashore of the St. Lawrence river in the Essipit Innu community in the Quebec region of Cote-Nord Thursday October 11, 2012.A small fir grows near a rock covered with crustose and foliose lichens in the St. Lawrence seashore of Essipit in the Quebec region of Cote-Nord, Thursday October 11, 2012. Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic relationship between a fungus (the mycobiont) and a photosynthetic partner.
