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Sticta limbata

(Sm.) Ach.

Powdered Moon Lichen

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127741

Element CodeNLTES10990

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

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

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderPeltigerales

FamilyLobariaceae

GenusSticta

Other Common Names

Silver-lined Moon 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: Genus has not been monographed in many years, but most species well-defined and distinct.

Conservation Status

Review Date1999-01-19

Change Date1991-05-21

Edition Date1999-01-19

Edition AuthorsGRIES, D.

Rank Reasons

Sticta limbata is rare in the Appalachians and it is rare from the Californian Santa Cruz Mountains northward into Oregon in the North Coast Ranges. Additionally, the foliose lichen is known from Alaska southward and rarely inland to British Columbia. The species also occurs in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The lichen grows on bark (Fagus in the high elevations of the Appalachians) or over mosses on trees.

Range Extent Comments

Southern Appalachians and west coast of North America, including the Pacific Northwest; also known from Europe, Australia, and New Zealand (Dey 1978). North Carolina, Minnesota, Oregon, and California (Dey 1978 and Fink 1935). In western North America, occurring from Alaska to California, west of the Cascade crest, with inland disjuncts in British Columbia (McCune and Geiser 1997).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows on bark or over mosses on trees (Hale 1979). Grows on Fagus in high-elevation deciduous forests; also rare at lower elevations (Dey 1978). In California, on broadleaf trees, rarely conifers, or over mosses on trees in North Coastal Forest from 300 to 1500 m elevation (Hale 1988).

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Nova Scotia	S1	Yes
New Brunswick	S1	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
California	SNR	Yes
North Carolina	S1	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes
South Carolina	S1	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Tenmile	Siuslaw National Forest	10,818

References (7)

Dey, J.P. 1978. Fruticose and foliose lichens of the high-mountain areas of the Southern Appalachians. The Bryologist 81(1): 1-93.
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.
Fink, B. 1935. The Lichen Flora of the United States. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 473 pp.
Hale, M.E. 1979. How to know the lichens. Second edition. The Pictured Key Nature Series, Wm. C. Brown Co. Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.
Hale, M.E., Jr., and M. Cole. 1988. Lichens of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 254 pp.
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.