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Federal Protection: No US federal protection

State Protection: No Georgia state protection

Global Rank: GNR

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: Overhangs or shelters at sides of massive outcrops

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Description

Pale green to whitish shrubby thallus 1(-2) cm high; flattened branches about 0.3 mm wide near base, tapering to 0.1 mm wide at tips; tiny soralia clustered at or near branch tips; CHEMISTRY: thallus KC+ pink, PD+ red (protocetraric acid); FIELD ID: requires chemical tests best done in lab setting

Similar Species

Ramalina intermedia is similar but larger & KC-, PD-; R. labiosorediata is larger, has broad, spatulate lobe tips with soralia on one side, & is also KC-, PD-

Related Rare Species

None

Habitat

Overhangs or shelters at sides of massive outcrops, on silicious rock

Life History

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

Survey Recommendations

None

Range

Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Southern Blue Ridge (absent from northwest corner of state)

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