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Umbilicaria polaris

(Schol.) Zahlbr.

Lesser Salted Rocktripe Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1045352
Element CodeNLLEC5N0A0
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
Krascheninnikov's Rocktripe Lichen (EN) Ombilicaire salée (FR)
Concept Reference
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/]
Taxonomic Comments
North American reports of Umbilicaria krascheninnikovii are U. polaris here (Davydov et al. 2011; Esslinger 2018).
Conservation Status
Review Date1999-06-14
Change Date1999-06-14
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows on exposed to somewhat sheltered noncalcareous rock in arctic-alpine to subalpine and in cold steppe (McCune and Geiser 1997).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
WashingtonS1Yes
ColoradoSNRYes
MontanaSNRYes
WyomingSNRYes
AlaskaSNRYes
CanadaNU
ProvinceRankNative
LabradorSUYes
QuebecSNRYes
Yukon TerritorySUYes
NunavutSUYes
British ColumbiaSUYes
Island of NewfoundlandSNRYes
Northwest TerritoriesSUYes
AlbertaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (6)
California (3)
AreaForestAcres
Castle PeakTahoe National Forest14,974
Devil's Gate (CA)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest9,946
Mt. JacksonHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest20,721
Wyoming (3)
AreaForestAcres
French CreekMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest5,928
Libby FlatsMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest11,107
Snowy RangeMedicine Bow-Routt National Forest29,660
References (5)
  1. Esslinger, T. L. 2014. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. North Dakota State University: http://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~esslinge/chcklst/chcklst7.htm (First Posted 1 December 1997, Most Recent Version (#19) 23 March 2014), Fargo, North Dakota.
  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. Hutten, M., U. Arup, O. Breuss, T. L. Esslinger, A. M. Fryday, K. Knudsen, J. C. Lendemer, C. Printzen, H. T. Root, M. Schultz, J. Sheard, T. Tønsberg, and B. McCune. 2013. Lichens and Lichenicolous Fungi of Yosemite National Park, California. North American Fungi 8(11): 1-47. doi: http://dx.doi:10.2509/naf2013.008.011
  4. 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.
  5. Thomson, J.W. 1984. American arctic lichens. 1. The macrolichens. Columbia University Press, N.Y. 504 pp.