Umbilicaria proboscidea
(L.) Schrader
Greater Salted Rocktripe Lichen
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 Namesnavel lichen (EN) Netted Rocktripe Lichen (EN) Ombilicaire éléphant (FR)
Concept ReferenceEsslinger, 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 ReasonsThis 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.
Other Nations (2)
CanadaN5
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| Island of Newfoundland | S3 | Yes |
| Manitoba | SU | Yes |
| Nunavut | S5 | Yes |
| Alberta | S4 | Yes |
| Quebec | S5 | Yes |
| British Columbia | S5 | Yes |
| Ontario | S1 | Yes |
| Yukon Territory | S4 | Yes |
| Northwest Territories | S4 | Yes |
| Nova Scotia | SU | Yes |
| Labrador | S4 | Yes |
United StatesNNR
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| Montana | SNR | Yes |
| Oregon | S1 | Yes |
| Wyoming | SNR | Yes |
| Washington | S1 | Yes |
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.