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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: GU

State Rank: SNR

Element Locations Tracked in Biotics: No

SWAP 2015 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No

SWAP 2025 Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN): No

2025 SGCN Priority Tier: None

Element Occurrences (EOs) in Georgia: 0

Habitat Summary for element in Georgia: Too few and varied to characterize

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Description

Pale green bushy to pendant thallus with whitish soralia scattered on branches and clustered at tips; branches narrow, flattened where wider, more cylindrical near tips; FIELD ID: fine branches, soralia are distinctive

Similar Species

No other Ramalina on bark is sorediate in Ga.

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Too varied to characterize, on hardwood bark

Life History

Corticolous fruticose lichenized fungus, photobiont a green alga (Trebouxia?)

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain, disjunct in northern Piedmont

Threats

Unknown

Georgia Conservation Status

Rare

Conservation Management Recommendations

None

References

Brodo, I. M. 2001. Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.

Brodo, I. M. 2016. Keys to lichens of North America: revised and expanded. Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn.

Esslinger, T. L. 2021. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. Version 24. Opuscula Philolichenum 20: 100-394.

Authors of Account

Malcolm Hodges

Date Compiled or Updated

4 August 2022