genus
Rock Shields
Xanthoparmelia
Field notes
Xanthoparmelia (commonly known as green rock shields or rock-shield lichens) is a genus of foliose lichens in the family Parmeliaceae. This genus of lichen is commonly found in the United States, South America, southern Africa, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
The name means 'golden yellow parmelia'. The photobiont (photosynthetic partner) is Trebouxia (a genus of green algae).
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- Cumberland Rock Shield native
- Peppered Rock-shield native
- Shingled Rock Shield native
- Plitt's Rock Shield native
- Tumbleweed Shield Lichen present
- Sexy Pavement Lichen
- Mougeot's Rock-shield present
- Kamchatka Xanthoparmelia Lichen present
- Xanthoparmelia tinctina
- Xanthoparmelia Lichen
- Shingled Rock-shield
- Shingled Rock-shield Lichen native
- Colorado Rock-shield native
- Salted Rock-shield
- Tight Rock-shield
- Narrow-lobed Rock-shield native
- Maricopa Rock-shield
- Xanthoparmelia Lichen
- Xanthoparmelia hypofusca native
- Branching Rock-shield native
- Xanthoparmelia Lichen
- Xanthoparmelia taractica
- New Mexican Rock-shield
- Tasmanian Xanthoparmelia Lichen
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native rock shields All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Cumberland Rock Shield
Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
11,587 observations
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Peppered Rock-shield
Xanthoparmelia conspersa
6,585 observations
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Shingled Rock Shield
Xanthoparmelia stenophylla
1,796 observations
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Plitt's Rock Shield
Xanthoparmelia plittii
1,418 observations
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Shingled Rock-shield Lichen
Xanthoparmelia viriduloumbrina
84 observations
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Colorado Rock-shield
Xanthoparmelia coloradoensis
79 observations
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Narrow-lobed Rock-shield
Xanthoparmelia angustiphylla
51 observations
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Xanthoparmelia hypofusca
16 observations
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Branching Rock-shield
Xanthoparmelia subramigera
13 observations
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Ozark Rock-shield
Xanthoparmelia hypomelaena
6 observations
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Xanthoparmelia pseudocongensis
6 observations
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Xanthoparmelia Lichen
Xanthoparmelia isidiascens
2 observations