LICHALP

Sticta limbata (Sm.) Ach.

Syn.: Lichen limbatus Sm., Stictina limbata (Sm.) Nyl.

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, 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 humid subtropical to Mediterranean-Atlantic species found on bark, often associated with bryophytes, on mossy rocks and soil in very humid situations; very rare and declining in the Alps.