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Peltigera aphthosa (felt lichen)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Peltigera aphthosa is a species of lichen known by the common names green dog lichen, leafy lichen, felt lichen, and common freckle pelt. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the Arctic, boreal, and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. This widespread lichen grows in a variety of habitat types, including Arctic ecosystems. It grows in alpine climates in the southern parts of its distribution. This lichen was noted to absorb aluminum and silicon from the ash released from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.
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Attributes

Light Preference [1]  Mostly Sunny
Soil Acidity [1]  Mostly Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Soil Moisture [1]  Damp
Structure [2]  Lichen

Citations

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1Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991) Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0