Flavocetraria nivalis (L.) Kärnefelt & A. Thell

Flavocetraria nivalis (L.) Kärnefelt & A. Thell

Syn.: Allocetraria nivalis (L.) Randlane & Saag, Cetraria nivalis (L.) Ach., Lichen nivalis L., Nephromopsis nivalis (L.) Divakar, A. Crespo & Lumbsch

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata), calciferous soil, plant debris

Altitudinal range: from the montane belt (potential vegetation: deciduous forests dominated by Fagus sylvatica and closed coniferous forests with Picea abies) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: a circumpolar, arctic-alpine lichen, a typical element of tundra-like vegetation of open, dry habitats above treeline; widespread throughout the Alps.

Austria: Vorarlberg; Tirol; Salzburg; Kärnten; Steiermark; Oberösterreich; Niederösterreich (incl. Wien); Germany: Oberbayern; Schwaben; Switzerland: Bern; Graubünden; St. Gallen; Schwyz; Ticino; Uri; Valais; France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence; Haute-Alpes; Alpes-Maritimes; Isère; Savoie; Haute-Savoie; Italy: Friuli; Veneto; Trentino Alto Adige; Lombardia; Piemonte; Valle d'Aosta; Liguria; Slovenia: Alpine and Pre-Alpine Slovenia;

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