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Lobaria linita

(Ach.) Rabenh.

Cabbage Lung Lichen

G5Secure Found in 60 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
LowThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.126732
Element CodeNLTEST7930
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderPeltigerales
FamilyLobariaceae
GenusLobaria
Other Common Names
Cabbage Lungwort Lichen (EN) Lobaire chou (FR)
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.
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-02-24
Change Date2016-02-24
Edition Date2002-11-30
Edition AuthorsDaphne Stone
Threat ImpactLow
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank Reasons
An arctic/alpine circumpolar species. Sensitivity to air pollution could impact the species, especially the more southern populations.
Range Extent Comments
An arctic-alpine species with circumpolar distribution (Jordan 1973). Known from all of AK, across arctic Canada, most of BC, down the west coast and into northwestern OR in the Cascades (Brodo et al. 2001) and inland to western Montana (McCune & Geiser 1997). One population is known in CA. Also known from Japan (Krog 1968, Czeczuga and Yoshida 1991) and Europe (Pisut 1971, Czeczuga and Olech 1990).
Threat Impact Comments
Sensitive to air pollution (McCune & Geiser 1997).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species occurs in arctic and alpine areas on tree bases, rocks or earth, often among mosses (Consortium of Lichen Herbaria, 2023).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest/WoodlandAlpine
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
IdahoS1Yes
OregonS2Yes
MontanaS1Yes
WashingtonS4Yes
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Yukon TerritoryS3Yes
QuebecS3Yes
Northwest TerritoriesS2Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
ManitobaSUYes
NunavutS2Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (60)
Alaska (45)
AreaForestAcres
Behm IslandsTongass National Forest4,777
Bering LakeChugach National Forest965,076
Boston BarChugach National Forest53,617
Brabazon AdditionTongass National Forest498,819
ChichagofTongass National Forest555,858
Chilkat-West Lynn CanalTongass National Forest199,772
Chugach-12Chugach National Forest8,116
Chugach-13Chugach National Forest13,337
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
CrystalTongass National Forest18,972
Douglas IslandTongass National Forest28,065
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
Johnson PassChugach National Forest152,508
Juneau UrbanTongass National Forest101,581
Juneau-Skagway IcefieldTongass National Forest1,187,268
KartaTongass National Forest52,117
Kenai LakeChugach National Forest213,172
Kenai MountainsChugach National Forest306,600
KogishTongass National Forest65,216
LindenbergTongass National Forest25,855
MadanTongass National Forest68,553
Mansfield PeninsulaTongass National Forest54,991
ManzanitaTongass National Forest8,401
Nellie JuanChugach National Forest713,697
North BaranofTongass National Forest314,089
North RevillaTongass National Forest215,430
North WrangellTongass National Forest8,091
Outer IslandsTongass National Forest99,862
ResurrectionChugach National Forest224,615
RevillaTongass National Forest29,298
RhineTongass National Forest23,010
Roaded DonutChugach National Forest968
SarkarTongass National Forest51,908
Sheridan GlacierChugach National Forest224,683
Sitka SoundTongass National Forest13,459
Sitka UrbanTongass National Forest112,003
Soda BayTongass National Forest78,091
SpiresTongass National Forest533,746
SullivanTongass National Forest67,323
Taku-SnettishamTongass National Forest664,928
Thorne RiverTongass National Forest72,983
Twenty MileChugach National Forest198,775
Upper SitukTongass National Forest16,789
Windham-Port HoughtonTongass National Forest161,952
Yakutat ForelandsTongass National Forest323,648
Oregon (2)
AreaForestAcres
ElkhornWillamette National Forest9,380
Opal CreekWillamette National Forest5,417
Washington (13)
AreaForestAcres
Boulder RiverMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest32,563
Glacier Peak BMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest19,328
Glacier Peak IMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest15,175
Glacier Peak JMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest26,482
Glacier Peak KMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest47,269
Glacier Peak LMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest14,084
Jefferson RidgeOlympic National Forest6,512
Liberty BellOkanogan National Forest108,495
Mt. Baker Noisy - DiobsudMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest56,039
Mt. Baker WestMt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest25,390
QuilceneOlympic National Forest18,656
South QuinaultOlympic National Forest11,081
Upper SkokomishOlympic National Forest9,311
References (10)
  1. Brodo, I. M., S. D. Sharnoff and S. Sharnoff. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 795 pp.
  2. Consortium of Lichen Herbaria. 2023. Accessed June 14, 2023. https://lichenportal.org/portal/index.php
  3. Czeczuga, B. and K. Yoshida. 1991. Carotenoids in certain lichens from the Chichibu Mountains, central Japan. Feddes Repertoriu 102(7-8): 661-666.
  4. Czeczuga, B. and M. Olech. 1990. Investigations on carotenoids in lichens XXV. Studies of carotenoids in lichens from Spitsbergen. Phyton (Horn) 30(2): 235-245.
  5. 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/]
  6. 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.
  7. Jordan, W.P. 1973. The genus Lobaria in North America north of Mexico. Bryologist 76(2): 225-251.
  8. Krog H. 1968. The macrolichens of Alaska. Norsk Polarinstitutt Skrifter Nr. 144. Oslo.
  9. McCune, B. and L. Geiser. 1997. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. A co-publication with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 386 pp.
  10. Pisut, I. 1971. Geographic distribution of the lichen genus Lobaria in Slovakia. Zbornik Slovenskeho Narodneho Muzeo Prirodne Vedy 17(1): 105-130.