LICHALP

Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer

Syn.: Stereocaulon paschale (L.) Hoffm. var. alpinum (Laurer) Du Rietz, Stereocaulon tomentosum Th. Fr. var. alpinum (Laurer) Th. Fr.; incl. Stereocaulon alpinum Laurer var. erectum Frey

Lichenised.

Substrate: acidic soil (mostly on siliceous substrata)

Altitudinal range: from the subalpine belt (potential vegetation: open, taiga-like forests dominated by Larix decidua and/or Pinus cembra and Rhododendron) to the nival belt (above the lower limit of perennial snow and glaciers)

Note: an arctic-alpine, circumpolar early coloniser of mineral soil, especially gravel and sand in the vicinity of glaciers.