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Physcia aipolia (Ehrh. ex Humb.) Fürnr.


Habitat and Substrate: Open areas and roadside, on trees.

Rhode Island Status: Uncommon.

Pollution Tolerance: Intermediate to tolerant.

Collection Site(s): Schoolhouse Pond/Deep Pond, Charlestown (#4883); Sprague Farm, Glocester (#5092); Headwaters of Wood River, West Greenwich (#5141); Blue Pond, Hopkinton (#5330); Buck Hill Wildlife Management Area, Burrillville (#5438).

Notes: Previously reported in Rhode Island by Thomson (1963), Flenniken (1968b), and Greene (2000).

 

 

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