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Cetraria arenaria

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Sand-loving Iceland Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127568

Element CodeNLTEST5590

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyParmeliaceae

GenusCetraria

Other Common Names

Cétraire des sables (FR) Sandwort Cetraria Lichen (EN) sandwort cetraria 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.

Conservation Status

Review Date1991-05-22

Change Date1991-05-22

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
North Carolina	S2	Yes
Pennsylvania	SNR	Yes
Minnesota	SNR	Yes
Wisconsin	S1	Yes
Ohio	SNR	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Quebec	S3	Yes
Ontario	S4	Yes
Saskatchewan	S2	Yes
Manitoba	SU	Yes
Nova Scotia	S2	Yes
Alberta	S1	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

West Virginia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
North Mountain Hopeville	Monongahela National Forest	6,525

References (2)

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.