The Lichen Flora of Joshua Tree National Park: An Annotated Checklist
Knudsen K, Harding M, Hoines J. 2013. The Lichen Flora of Joshua Tree National Park: An Annotated Checklist. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/JOTR/NRTR - 2013/743. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
This is an annotated checklist of lichen flora documented in Joshua Tree National Park as a result of surveys conducted in 2005-2006 and 2010-2012. Lichens are frequent in Joshua Tree National Park; their white, yellow, red, and orange colors adorn the numerous quartz monzonite rock outcrops, and attract the attention of visitors. Prior to initial surveys in 2005 and 2006 (Knudsen and La Doux 2005 and 2006) the Lichens of Joshua Tree National Park were practically unknown. This report and annotated checklist are the product of those initial surveys and additional field work conducted at Joshua Tree National Park between 2010 to 2012 to further document the lichen flora. Specimens from these surveys are deposited in the University of California, Riverside Herbarium (UCR). As a result of this work, a total of 145 taxa of lichens are reported from the park. Three species were previously reported new for California from this survey (Knudsen and Kocourková 2012a). In this paper, a fourth species, Buellia imshaugii, is also reported new for California from the park. Sarcogyne mitziae K. Knudsen, Kocourk. & McCune, a new species to science, was described from a discovery in Joshua Tree National Park as well as single populations found in Washington and Idaho (Knudsen et al. 2013). Four other taxa, possibly new to science, were discovered and are currently being studied. This report provides an annotated checklist of the currently documented lichen flora at Joshua Tree National Park. Detailed information on distribution and habit and identification for the 145 taxa are included in this list.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Knudsen, Kerry; Harding, Mitzi; Hoines, Josh
- Date of Issue
- 2013-05
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- JOTR
- Keywords
- Acarosporaceae, Annotated Checklist, Biological Inventory Report, Buellia imshaugii, Checklist, Climate Change, Conservation, Cottonwood Mountains, Covington Flats, coxcomb mountains, crustose, Distribution, Disturbance, Eagle Mountains, FIRE, Flora, foliose, gneiss, Granite, Grazing, habit, Hexie Mountains, Identification, Inventory, Joshua Tree National Park, Juniper Flats, Lecania arizonica, Lecanora percrenata, Lecidella patavina, Lichen, lichenized fungi, Little San Bernardino Mountains, Lost Horse Mountains, Lost Horse Valley, Management, microlichen, Mojave Desert, Physcia, Physciaceae, Pinto Basin, Pinto Mountains, Quail Mountain, Queen Mountain, Queen Valley, Rinodina pycnocarpa, Roads, Rock Climbing, Sarcogyne mitziae, Survey, Wonderland of Rocks, Xanthoparmelia