LICHALP

Ephebe lanata (L.) Vain.

Syn.: Cornicularia lanata (L.) DC., Ephebe intricata Lamy, Ephebe lapponica Nyl., Ephebe pubescens auct. p.p., Ephebeia cantabrica Nyl., Ephebeia martindalei Nyl., Lichen lanatus L., Parmelia lanata (L.) Wallr.

Lichenised.

Substrate: siliceous rocks,

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: an arctic-alpine to boreal-montane, circumpolar lichen with outliers in the cool-temperate zone, found on steeply inclined, periodically wetted or inundated siliceous rocks, on seepage tracks, etc., with optimum above treeline; widespread throughout the siliceous Alps.