Ladd D., Harris, R. C. & Buck W. R.
(2009):
Lichens and related fungi of Highstead Arboretum, Fairfield County, Connecticut ,
Opuscula Philolichenum,
6: 81-86
An inventory of the lichens at Highstead Arboretum in southwestern Connecticut documented 88 taxa of lichens and associated fungi. The lichen biota of the site is dominated by crustose taxa, and cyanolichens are notably absent. The lichens of the site have a strong preponderance of taxa with wide–ranging eastern temperate and pan–temperate biogeographic patterns, with minimal coastal plain influence. The sixth New England population of a regionally rare lichen, Parmotrema reticulatum, was discovered …
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