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rock shield lichens
Xanthoparmelia
Xanthoparmelia (rock-shield lichen) is a genus of foliose lichen in the Parmeliaceae family.:134 Xanthoparmelia is synonymous with Almbornia, Neofuscelia, Chondropsis, Namakwa, Paraparmelia, and Xanthomaculina. This family of lichen is commonly found on the mid-east coast of the United States.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cumberland Rock Shield
speciesXanthoparmelia cumberlandia

Peppered Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia conspersa

Brown Rock Shield Lichens
complexNeofuscelia
Shingled Rock Shield
speciesXanthoparmelia stenophylla

Plitt's Rock Shield
speciesXanthoparmelia plittii

Tumbleweed Shield Lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia chlorochroa

Resurrection Lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia semiviridis

sexy pavement lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia scabrosa

Cape Rock Shield
speciesXanthoparmelia hottentotta

Mougeot's Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia mougeotii

Xanthoparmelia camtschadalis
speciesXanthoparmelia camtschadalis

Xanthoparmelia tinctina
speciesXanthoparmelia tinctina

Xanthoparmelia vagans
speciesXanthoparmelia vagans

Shingled Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia wyomingica

Salted Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia mexicana

Shingled Rock-shield Lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia viriduloumbrina

Colorado Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia coloradoensis

Tight Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia lineola

Narrow-lobed Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia angustiphylla

Maricopa Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia maricopensis

Xanthoparmelia cheelii
speciesXanthoparmelia cheelii

Xanthoparmelia reptans
speciesXanthoparmelia reptans

Gravel Plain Shield Lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia walteri

Namaqua Lichens
complexNamakwa

Xanthoparmelia convoluta
speciesXanthoparmelia convoluta

Offshield Lichens
complexParaparmelia

Xanthoparmelia protomatrae
speciesXanthoparmelia protomatrae

Xanthoparmelia neochlorochroa
speciesXanthoparmelia neochlorochroa

Karoo Lichens
complexKaroowia

Xanthoparmelia hypofusca
speciesXanthoparmelia hypofusca

Leeward Namib Lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia equalis

Branching Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia subramigera

Xanthoparmelia mougeotina
speciesXanthoparmelia mougeotina

Xanthoparmelia molliuscula
speciesXanthoparmelia molliuscula

Xanthoparmelia australasica
speciesXanthoparmelia australasica

Xanthoparmelia substrigosa
speciesXanthoparmelia substrigosa

Xanthoparmelia subdecipiens
speciesXanthoparmelia subdecipiens

Frond Shield Lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia frondosa

New Mexican Rock-shield
speciesXanthoparmelia novomexicana

Xanthoparmelia taractica
speciesXanthoparmelia taractica

Xanthoparmelia furcata
speciesXanthoparmelia furcata

Xanthoparmelia norchlorochroa
speciesXanthoparmelia norchlorochroa
Xanthoparmelia tasmanica
speciesXanthoparmelia tasmanica

Xanthoparmelia hypomelaena
speciesXanthoparmelia hypomelaena
Xanthoparmelia sublaevis
speciesXanthoparmelia sublaevis

Xanthoparmelia pseudocongensis
speciesXanthoparmelia pseudocongensis

Xanthoparmelia lavicola
speciesXanthoparmelia lavicola

Xanthoparmelia flavescentireagens
speciesXanthoparmelia flavescentireagens

Xanthoparmelia amplexula
speciesXanthoparmelia amplexula

Vagrant Namib Lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia hueana

Xanthoparmelia verrucigera
speciesXanthoparmelia verrucigera

Xanthoparmelia isidiigera
speciesXanthoparmelia isidiigera
Xanthoparmelia incerta
speciesXanthoparmelia incerta

Exposed Namib Lichen
speciesXanthoparmelia serusiauxii

Xanthoparmelia marroninipuncta
speciesXanthoparmelia marroninipuncta

Xanthoparmelia arapilensis
speciesXanthoparmelia arapilensis

Xanthoparmelia neotinctina
speciesXanthoparmelia neotinctina
Xanthoparmelia californica
speciesXanthoparmelia californica

Xanthoparmelia isidiascens
speciesXanthoparmelia isidiascens

Xanthoparmelia terrestris
speciesXanthoparmelia terrestris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60724.