LICHALP

Vulpicida juniperinus (L.) J.-E. Mattsson & M.J. Lai

Syn.: Cetraria juniperina (L.) Ach., Cetraria juniperina (L.) Ach. var. tubulosa Schaer., Cetraria tilesii auct. non Ach., Cetraria tubulosa (Schaer.) Zopf, Lichen juniperinus L., Tuckermannopsis juniperina (L.) Hale, Vulpicida tubulosus (Schaer.) J.-E. Mattsson & M.J. Lai

Lichenised.

Substrate: calciferous soil, plant debris, bark

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: this mainly subarctic-subalpine to boreal-montane species is found on calciferous mineral soil in dry Alpine grasslands and on wind-exposed ridges, more rarely on the twigs of shrubs; widespread throughout the Alps.