Caloplaca tominii New to North America

Caloplaca tominii Savicz occurs in Southwestern Yukon (Canada, Region of Kluane), beyond its previous known range (Central Asia, southern Norway, Greenland). The species is epigaeous, strongly basiphytic, xero- and heliophytic. It grows in communities belonging to the Toninion coeruleonigricantis. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: NIMIS, PIERLUIGI
Other Authors: Nimis, Pierluigi
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1981
Subjects:
Lichen
Lichen community studies
Yukon
Canada
Greenland
Norway
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2551035
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Summary:Caloplaca tominii Savicz occurs in Southwestern Yukon (Canada, Region of Kluane), beyond its previous known range (Central Asia, southern Norway, Greenland). The species is epigaeous, strongly basiphytic, xero- and heliophytic. It grows in communities belonging to the Toninion coeruleonigricantis. Its occurrence in the Yukon is allowed by a strongly continental local climate in connection with periglacial phenomena.

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