On rock
Mixed hardwood forest with meta-sandstone meta-argillite outcrops grading from Acer rubrum-Carya-Fagus-Liriodendron-Nyssa-Quercus alba on slopes to Acer negundo-Betula nigra-Carpinus-Liriodendron dominant at waterway
Located facing the Hudson River on open vertical rock faces of the small peninsula on the Rokeby Estate in Rhinebeck, NY.
A sample of this lichen was collected by permission and sent to the New York Botanical Garden in New York City. It was identified by Dr. James C. Lendemer as:
Ramalina petrina Bowler & Rundel
and retained in the Steere Herbarium. Sample ROK1003, catalogNumber 03818699
This actual identified and retained sample can be located here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3584451&clid=0
A World Map showing this sample, and other known CNALH Sample locations, can be found here. Scroll into the map for closer range:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/map/leafletmap.php?usethes=1&taxa=55441
The CNALH Home page for this lichen with descriptions and additional photos can be found here:
https://lichenportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?tid=55441
Beneath overhang on large sandstone outcropping; thallus PD+ red
Saw several bunches growing on some limestone rocks.
On hemlock in a swamp with hemlock, yellow birch, and whitecedar
CJOHANSON59 ASHLAND, WI