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Umbilicaria angulata

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Starred Rocktripe Lichen

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.125525

Element CodeNLLEC5N010

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)

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 Date2011-02-14

Change Date2011-02-14

Edition Date1999-01-19

Edition AuthorsGRIES, D.

Rank Reasons

Endemic to western North America, Umbilicaria angulata is found on very dry, exposed rocks from southern California to Alaska, reaching only barely into the Arctic. The lichen's distribution ranges east to Alberta and western Montana, although it is rare inland.

Range Extent Comments

Endemic to western North America from southern California to Alaska, reaching into the Arctic only on Great Sitkin Island in the Aleutian Islands (Thomson 1984). East to Alberta and western Montana (McCune and Goward 1995).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Growing on very exposed, dry rocks (Thomson 1984).

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S1	Yes
Quebec	SNR	Yes
Northwest Territories	S2	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes
Montana	SNR	Yes
Alaska	S3	Yes
Wyoming	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Washington	S2	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (4)

Alaska (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
College Fiord	Chugach National Forest	1,130,818
Juneau-Skagway Icefield	Tongass National Forest	1,187,268
Prince William Sound Is.	Chugach National Forest	118,698

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gold Hill #668	Kootenai National Forest	6,455

References (5)

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.
Hale, M.E., Jr., and M. Cole. 1988. Lichens of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 254 pp.
McCune, B. and T. Goward. 1995. Macrolichens of the northern Rocky Mountains. Mad River Press, Inc. Eureka, California. 208 pp.
Thomson, J.W. 1984. American arctic lichens. 1. The macrolichens. Columbia University Press, N.Y. 504 pp.