Lichens of Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
Wetmore CM. 1981. Lichens of Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. The Bryologist. 84(4):482-491
Over 8,000 lichens representing 405 taxa were collected at 128 different localities during 11 weeks collecting in the park in 1978 and 1979. Several areas of special interest to the lichen flora are noted. Eighty-eight new state records were found within these collections and all but eight of the species collected by Bruce Fink in 1901 were recollected. Three new records for North America were identified: Arthonia fuliginosa, Chaenothecopsis savonica, Lecidea epixanthoidiza. Lichens for winter food for caribou would probably not be a limiting factor in the success of any reintroduction of woodland caribou to the park. The scarcity of Xanthoria elegans was studied and is probably due to a lack of wave splash. The lichen flora is rich in fruticose lichens, which suggests that no air pollution is present.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Wetmore, Clifford
- Units
- VOYA
- Keywords
- Air Quality, Checklist, Flora, Lichen (Mycophycophyta), Minnesota, species records, Voyageurs National Park