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 lichenicolous lichen on members of the Caloplaca saxicola-group, especially C. pusilla, probably more widespread in the Alps.
