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  2. Fungi Including Lichens
  3. Sac Fungi
  4. Common Lichens
  5. Shield Lichens, Rim Lichens, and Allies
  6. Shield Lichens and Allies
  7. Typical Shield Lichens
  8. Greenshields

genus

Greenshields

Flavoparmelia

Includes
2 native 2 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Flavoparmelia is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. Because of their appearance, they are commonly known as greenshield lichens. The widely distributed genus contains about 40 species.

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  • Common Greenshield Lichen native
  • Rock Greenshield Lichen native
  • Shadow Greenshield Lichen present
  • Flavoparmelia Lichen present
  • Flavoparmelia subcapitata
  • Flavoparmelia Lichen

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native greenshields All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Common Greenshield Lichen Flavoparmelia caperata 68,243 observations
  • Rock Greenshield Lichen Flavoparmelia baltimorensis 7,839 observations

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