LICHALP

Lobaria linita (Ach.) Rabenh.

Syn.: Sticta linita Ach.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks, living mosses, acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the alpine belt (potential vegetation: treeless Alpine grasslands and tundras, to the lower limit of perennial snow and the equilibrium line of glaciers)

Note: a circumpolar, arctic-alpine species found on bryophytes and acid soil rich in humus over siliceous substrata near and above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps, but generally rare.