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Cetraria islandica

(L.) Ach.

Iceland Lichen

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125714

Element CodeNLTEST5710

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyParmeliaceae

GenusCetraria

Other Common Names

Cétraire d'Islande (FR) island cetraria lichen (EN) True Iceland Lichen (EN)

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.

Taxonomic Comments

Stable. Species with historically broad concept; modern workers are splitting off other species from it, narrowing the concept of islandica.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-06-06

Change Date2002-05-30

Edition Date2001-10-26

Edition AuthorsK. McConnell

Rank Reasons

This arctic-boreal lichen ranges from Alaska south through the U.S. Rocky Mountains and across the Northwest Territories to the island of Newfoundland.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Saskatchewan	S3	Yes
Prince Edward Island	S2	Yes
Yukon Territory	S5	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S4	Yes
Ontario	S3	Yes
Nunavut	S5	Yes
Labrador	S4	Yes
Alberta	S4	Yes
New Brunswick	S4	Yes
Quebec	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes
British Columbia	SNR	Yes
Manitoba	S5	Yes
Nova Scotia	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
North Carolina	SNR	Yes
Idaho	S1	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Ward Eagle	Lolo National Forest	8,556

References (3)

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.