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Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria elegans). On "limestone". Cow Head Headland.
Photo: Pat/Dan Montague. [CLICK image to enlarge.]



James Lendemer of the New York Botanical Garden has recently made 374 lichen collections on the "limestone" barrens of the Great Northern Peninsula, at Burnt Cape, Watt's Point, and Cape Norman.

    Photos of a number of Lendemer's collections are available online. [Note that the NYBG website can be very slow, or even unreachable, at certain times of the day]:

    A search for Collector=Lendemer + State/Province=Newfoundland + Substrate=limestone returned the following records [Patience!]

    Double-click on the scientific names to see individual images and collection details. [Again, patience!]


Teuvo ("Ted") Ahti, of the University of Finland, has also collected in the area.




Nathalie Djan-Chekar and Teuvo ("Ted") Ahti, collection "limestone" barrens lichens.
Cape Norman. 2000. Photo: for Nathalie Djan-Chékar. [CLICK image to enlarge.]



The species of lichen that inhabit "limestone" substrates are mostly completely different from those that inhabit siliceous substrates (ie. granites or schists).





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