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Cetraria aculeata

Terricolous, Bald Hill Southland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 28/05/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Locally common in subalpine heathlands with Austrolycopodium fastigiatum, Cladonia confusa, Oreobolus pectinatus and Rexiella sullivanii, Slopedown Southland.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 16/11/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Terricolous, Arthur’s Pass Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 03/06/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

spiny heath lichen

Biostatus

Native

Structural class

Lichens - Foliose

Lichen substrates

Terricolous (soil), Muscicolous (moss)

Substrate details

Terricolous, muscicolous

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Cetraria

Family

Parmeliaceae

Authority

Cetraria aculeata (Schreb.) Fr.

Synonyms

Lichen aculeatus Schreb., Coelocaulon aculeatum (Schreb.) Link

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

aculeata: From the Latin aculeus ‘stinger’, aculeatus means ‘barbed’, ‘stinging’ or ‘prickly’

NVS code

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

CETACU

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

Galloway D.J. 1985: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens. Wellington: PD Hasselberg, Government Printer. 662 pp.

Galloway D.J. 2007: Flora of New Zealand: Lichens, including lichen-forming and lichenicolous fungi. 2nd edition. Lincoln, Manaaki Whenua Press. 2261 pp.

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