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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Language: | English |
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1981
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2551035 |
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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