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  1. Life
  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. Speckled Shield Lichens

genus

Speckled Shield Lichens

Punctelia

Includes
5 native 4 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Rough Speckled Shield Lichen native
  • Eastern Speckled Shield Lichen native
  • Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen present
  • Powdered Speckled Shield Lichen present
  • Mealy Speckled Shield Lichen native
  • Moondust Speckled Lichen native
  • Borrer's Speckled Shield Lichen present
  • Rock Speckled Shield Lichen present
  • Appalachian Speckleback Lichen native
  • Powdered Speckleback Lichen
  • Punctelia graminicola native
  • Mountain Magnificence
  • Southwestern Speckled Shield Lichen
  • Punctelia subflava
  • Punctelia
  • Punctelia

Range

United States

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

Most observed native speckled shield lichens All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Rough Speckled Shield Lichen Punctelia rudecta 16,441 observations
  • Eastern Speckled Shield Lichen Punctelia bolliana 3,965 observations
  • Mealy Speckled Shield Lichen Punctelia missouriensis 1,374 observations
  • Moondust Speckled Lichen Punctelia caseana 1,231 observations
  • Appalachian Speckleback Lichen Punctelia appalachensis 269 observations
  • Punctelia graminicola 60 observations

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