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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

Current conservation status

2018 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: SO

Structural class

Lichens - Foliose

Lichen substrates

Terricolous (soil), Muscicolous (moss)

Substrate details

Terricolous, muscicolous

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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