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Urban mosses and lichens of Atlantic Canada

This guide is meant to assist Atlantic Canadians with continuing their natural history explorations through the year, as mosses and lichens (and liverworts!) are some of the few groups that are just as easy to identify in the winter as they are in the summer. There are a broad diversity of ...more ↓

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shield lichen ¹
Parmelia sulcata

Parmotrema crinitum ²

Salted Shield Lichen ³
Parmelia saxatilis

Varied Rag Lichen ²
Platismatia glauca

common greenshield lichen ⁴
Flavoparmelia caperata

Hooded Tube Lichen ²
Hypogymnia physodes

Bushy beard lichen ⁵
Usnea strigosa

Oakmoss ²
Evernia prunastri

Treeflute Lichen ⁶
Menegazzia terebrata

Bottlebrush Shield Lichen ³
Parmelia squarrosa

rough speckled shield lichen ⁵
Punctelia rudecta

Concentric Ring Lichen ⁷
Arctoparmelia centrifuga

Powder-headed Tube Lichen ⁸
Hypogymnia tubulosa

Chicita's Sea Storm Lichen ⁹
Cetrelia chicitae

Powdered Sunshine Lichen ⁴
Vulpicida pinastri

Crumpled Rag Lichen ¹⁰
Platismatia tuckermanii

Boreal Oakmoss ⁹
Evernia mesomorpha

Boreal Beard Lichen ¹¹
Usnea subfloridana

Salted Starburst Lichen ¹²
Imshaugia aleurites

Abraded Camouflage Lichen ¹³
Melanelixia subaurifera

Menegazzia subsimilis ⁹

Finger Ring Lichen ⁹
Arctoparmelia incurva

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Urban mosses and lichens of Atlantic Canada

shield lichen 1 Parmelia sulcata

Parmotrema crinitum 2

Salted Shield Lichen 3 Parmelia saxatilis

Varied Rag Lichen 2 Platismatia glauca

common greenshield lichen 4 Flavoparmelia caperata

Hooded Tube Lichen 2 Hypogymnia physodes

Bushy beard lichen 5 Usnea strigosa

Oakmoss 2 Evernia prunastri

Treeflute Lichen 6 Menegazzia terebrata

Bottlebrush Shield Lichen 3 Parmelia squarrosa

rough speckled shield lichen 5 Punctelia rudecta

Concentric Ring Lichen 7 Arctoparmelia centrifuga

Powder-headed Tube Lichen 8 Hypogymnia tubulosa

Chicita's Sea Storm Lichen 9 Cetrelia chicitae

Powdered Sunshine Lichen 4 Vulpicida pinastri

Crumpled Rag Lichen 10 Platismatia tuckermanii

Boreal Oakmoss 9 Evernia mesomorpha

Boreal Beard Lichen 11 Usnea subfloridana

Salted Starburst Lichen 12 Imshaugia aleurites

Abraded Camouflage Lichen 13 Melanelixia subaurifera

Menegazzia subsimilis 9

Finger Ring Lichen 9 Arctoparmelia incurva