LICHALP

Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale

Syn.: Imbricaria caperata (L.) DC., Lichen caperatus L., Parmelia caperata (L.) Ach., Parmelia cylisphora (Ach.) Vain., Parmelia herreana Zahbr., Parmelia negativa Gyeln., Parmelia subglauca Nyl., Pseudoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, siliceous rocks

Altitudinal range: from the mesomediterranean belt (potential vegetation: evergreen broad-leaved forests dominated by Quercus ilex) to the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies)

Note: a mild-temperate lichen found on isolated deciduous, more rarely evergreen trees, only exceptionally on rocks (e.g. on north-exposed faces of basic siliceous rocks in dry-continental valleys of the Alps); common and abundant in the submediterranean belt throughout the Alps, rarer elsewhere.