Umbilicaria proboscidea

(L.) Schrader

Greater Salted Rocktripe Lichen

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127850
Element CodeNLLEC5N150
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyUmbilicariaceae
GenusUmbilicaria
Other Common Names
navel lichen (EN) Netted Rocktripe Lichen (EN) Ombilicaire éléphant (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 MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model
Review Date2013-06-21
Change Date2002-05-30
Edition Date2001-12-20
Edition AuthorsK. McConnell
Rank Reasons
This arctic-alpine species is widespread in North America from Alaska to central Oregon and across the Northern Territories to the Island of Newfoundland; it also occurs in New England. This lichen typically grows rocks in open sites.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
Island of NewfoundlandS3Yes
ManitobaSUYes
NunavutS5Yes
AlbertaS4Yes
QuebecS5Yes
British ColumbiaS5Yes
OntarioS1Yes
Yukon TerritoryS4Yes
Northwest TerritoriesS4Yes
Nova ScotiaSUYes
LabradorS4Yes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
MontanaSNRYes
OregonS1Yes
WyomingSNRYes
WashingtonS1Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
New Hampshire (2)
AreaForestAcres
Great Gulf Ext.White Mountain National Forest15,110
Presidential - Dry River ExtWhite Mountain National Forest10,555
References (3)
  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. 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/]
  3. 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.