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Arctoparmelia centrifuga - Rhizocarpon geographicum Nonvascular Vegetation | Bliss, L. C. 1963. Alpine plant ...
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Name: Arctoparmelia centrifuga - Rhizocarpon geographicum Nonvascular Vegetation Reference: Bliss, L. C. 1963. Alpine plant ... Description: These fell-fields are blocky boulderfields on ridges and flats above treeline in the Northern Appalachians. Vascular vegetation is very sparse, confined to pockets among the rocks. Nonvascular species dominate, with a prominent cover of crustose lichens. Dominant lichens include <i>Rhizocarpon geographicum, Arctoparmelia centrifuga (= Parmelia centrifuga)</i>, and <i>Umbilicaria hyperborea</i>. Vascular plants scattered in protected pockets include <i>Juncus trifidus, Carex bigelowii, Sibbaldiopsis tridentata, Diapensia lapponica, Picea mariana, Abies balsamea</i>, and <i>Betula</i> spp.  Accession Code: VB.CC.37262.CEGL006420 Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
	Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization) Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
	status: accepted This Community's Level: association This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Common: Eastern Lichen Fell-field   Translated: Concentric-ring Lichen - World Map Lichen Nonvascular Vegetation   Scientific: Arctoparmelia centrifuga - Rhizocarpon geographicum Nonvascular Vegetation   Code: CEGL006420   UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.688797 NatureServe Explorer