Macrolichens of the Big Thicket National Preserve and Surrounding Piney Woods Region of Southeast Texas
LeGrand L. 2011. Macrolichens of the Big Thicket National Preserve and Surrounding Piney Woods Region of Southeast Texas
Southeast Texas is an area of rich biodiversity including lichen populations. A floristic survey of the area was conducted in which 100 species in 25 genera of macrolichens were collected and identified (88 species in 24 genera from the Big Thicket National Preserve). Several new records were found including new reports for Texas of Bulbothrix isidiza, Heterodermia crocea, Pseudoparmelia uleana, Pyxine coralligera, and Usnea subscabrosa. New records from the Big Thicket Region include Candelaria concolor, Cladonia parasitica, Cladonia sobolescens, Cladonia subcariosa, Collema subflaccidum, Dirinaria confluens, Heterodermia speciosa, Leptogium chloromelum, Parmelinopsis spumosa, Phaeophyscia rubropulchra, Physcia millegrana, Punctelia graminicola, Ramalina complanata, Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, and Usnea trichodea. Pre-1980 and post-2005 collections from the region are summarized and compared.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- LeGrand, Lacey
- Date of Issue
- 2011-12
- Units
- BITH
- Keywords
- and Usnea subscabrosa. New records from the Big Thicket Region include Candelaria concolor, and Usnea trichodea., BITH, Bulbothrix isidiza, Cladonia parasitica, Cladonia sobolescens, Cladonia subcariosa, Collema subflaccidum, Dirinaria confluens, Heterodermia crocea, Heterodermia speciosa, Leptogium chloromelum, macrolichens, Parmelinopsis spumosa, Phaeophyscia rubropulchra, Physcia millegrana, Pseudoparmelia uleana, Punctelia graminicola, Pyxine coralligera, Ramalina complanata, Teloschistes chrysophthalmus, Texas, thesis
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Vegetation Complex