LICHALP

Usnea intermedia (A. Massal.) Jatta

Syn.: Usnea barbata (L.) F.H. Wigg. var. intermedia A. Massal., Usnea carpatica Motyka, Usnea faginea Motyka, Usnea florida (L.) F.H. Wigg. subsp. fistulosa Motyka, Usnea florida (L.) F.H. Wigg. subsp. floridula Motyka, Usnea florida (L.) F.H. Wigg. subsp. rubrireagens Vězda, Usnea florida (L.) F.H. Wigg. var. rigida Ach., Usnea glauca Motyka, Usnea glauca Motyka var. pseudoflorida (Motyka) Motyka, Usnea hapalotera (Harm.) Motyka, Usnea harmandii Motyka, Usnea leiopoga Motyka, Usnea montana Motyka, Usnea neglecta Motyka, Usnea protea Motyka, Usnea rigida Motyka nom.illeg. non Vain., Usnea rigida Motyka var. faginea (Motyka) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Usnea rigida Motyka var. hapalotera (Harm.) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Usnea rigida Motyka var. neglecta (Motyka) Keissl., Usnea rigida Motyka var. protea (Motyka) Clauzade & Cl. Roux, Usnea smaragdina Motyka

Lichenised.

Substrate: bark, lignum

Altitudinal range: from the submediterranean/colline belt (potential vegetation: mixed deciduous forests dominated by Quercus and Carpinus) to the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron)

Note: a polymorphic and not clearly understood taxon, most common on conifers in humid montane forests, which is treated here in a very broad sense; widespread throughout the Alps.