LICHALP

Rhizocarpon copelandii (Körb.) Th. Fr.

Syn.: Buellia copelandii Körb., Catocarpus badioater (Flörke ex Spreng.) Arnold f. copelandii (Körb.) Eitner, Catocarpus copelandii (Körb.) Arnold, Rhizocarpon cyclodes Hellb. ex Th. Fr., Rhizocarpon elevatum H. Magn., Rhizocarpon hyperboreum (Vain.) Vain.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine lichen of siliceous rocks above treeline; much more frequent in the Arctic zone than in the Alps.