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Sticta beauvoisii

Delise

Fingered Moon Lichen

G5Secure Found in 18 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125274

Element CodeNLT0028530

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderPeltigerales

FamilyLobariaceae

GenusSticta

Concept Reference

Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4):467-549. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2017-02-10

Change Date2017-02-10

Edition Date2001-11-27

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This lichen occurs from B.C. and Quebec in Canada to Maine and disjunctly in southwestern Texas; it typically grows in shady sites on rocks.

Range Extent Comments

This lichen occurs from B.C. and Quebec in Canada to Maine and disjunctly in southwestern Texas.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN2

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Ontario	S1	Yes
British Columbia	SU	Yes
Nova Scotia	S1	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Ohio	SH	Yes
Texas	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	S1	Yes
Georgia	SNR	Yes
Kentucky	S3	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (18)

Alabama (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Blue Mountain	Talladega National Forest	4,986

Georgia (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Joe Gap	Chattahoochee National Forest	5,321
Lance Creek	Chattahoochee National Forest	9,025
Pink Knob	Chattahoochee National Forest	12,127

North Carolina (9)

Area	Forest	Acres
Big Indian (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	1,155
Cheoah Bald	Nantahala National Forest	7,795
Chunky Gal (addition)	Nantahala National Forest	3,336
Harper Creek	Pisgah National Forest	7,325
Linville Gorge Addition	Pisgah National Forest	2,809
Overflow Creek	Nantahala National Forest	3,379
Sam Knob (addition)	Pisgah National Forest	2,576
Snowbird	Nantahala National Forest	8,489
Tusquitee Bald	Nantahala National Forest	13,670

Tennessee (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Devil's Backbone	Cherokee National Forest	4,287
Upper Bald River	Cherokee National Forest	9,202

Virginia (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Mountain Lake Addition A	Jefferson National Forest	1,469
Peters Mountain Addition A (VA)	Jefferson National Forest	1,268

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Peters Mountain Addition A (WV)	Jefferson National Forest	343

References (4)

Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 795 pp.
Esslinger, T. L. 2018. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada, Version 22. Opuscula Philolichenum 17:6-268. [http://sweetgum.nybg.org/philolichenum/]
Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4):467-549. As supplied by USDA, NRCS from The PLANTS database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA. Version: November 19, 1997.
Lucking, R., F. Seavey, R.S. Common, S.Q. Beeching, O. Breuss, W.R. Buck, L. Crane, M. Hodges, B.P. Hodkinson, E. Lay, J.C. Lendemer, R.T. McMullin, J.A. Mercado-Díaz, M.P. Nelsen, E. Rivas Plata, W. Safranek, W.B. Sanders, H.P. Schaefer Jr., and J. Seavey. 2011. The lichens of Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park, Florida: Proceedings from the 18th Tuckerman Workshop. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49(4):127-186.