Alectoria vancouverensis
(Gyelnik) Gyelnik ex Brodo & D. Hawksw.
Vancouver Witch's Hair Lichen
G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.127627
Element CodeNLTEST7890
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryFungus
KingdomFungi
PhylumAscomycota
ClassLecanoromycetes
OrderLecanorales
FamilyAlectoriaceae
GenusAlectoria
Other Common NamesAlectoire de l'île de Vancouver (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
Review Date2011-02-14
Change Date2011-02-14
Edition Date1999-01-15
Edition AuthorsGRIES, D.
Rank ReasonsEndemic to North America, Alectoria vancouverensis is known from coastal British Columbia south to California, occurring in and west of the Cascade crest. The lichen grows on bark and wood and is most common in the transition between valley forests and mountains forests.
Range Extent CommentsOccurs in the Cascades of the Pacific Northwest (Hale 1979). Endemic to North America, ranges from coastal British Columbia to California, in and west of the Cascade crest (McCune and Geiser 1997).
Ecology & Habitat
Habitat
Grows on bark and wood. It is most common in the transition between valley forests and mountain forests (generally below about 700 m); often occurring in the same stands as Alectoria sarmentosa, but usually dropping out below the elevation of highest dominance by Alectoria. More common on the immediate coast than A. sarmentosa (McCune and Geiser1997). On well-lighted treelimbs, especially Pseudotsuga menziesii and Tsuga heterophylla, from an elevation of 30 to 1000 m along the coast, particularly in humid zones. Its center of distribution appears to be the moderately humid to dry Pseudotsuga-Quercus forests in the southern Vancouver Island and northern Washington region corresponding to a "dry summer, subtropical or mediterranean" climate, although it was found in some localities in the very moist coastal Thuja-Tsuga forests as well (Brodo and Hawksworth 1977).
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| Washington | SNR | Yes |
| California | SNR | Yes |
| Oregon | SNR | Yes |
CanadaN4
| Province | Rank | Native |
|---|
| British Columbia | S4 | Yes |
Roadless Areas (1)
Oregon (1)
| Area | Forest | Acres |
|---|
| Fairview | Umpqua National Forest | 7,417 |
References (5)
- Brodo, I.M., and D.L. Hawksworth. 1977. Alectoria and allied genera in North America. Opera Botanica 42:1-164.
- 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. 1979. How to know the lichens. Second edition. The Pictured Key Nature Series, Wm. C. Brown Co. Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa.
- 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.