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Ramalina fimbriata

Port Hills, Christchurch.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 10/11/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Saxicolous on basalt, Port Hills Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 11/05/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Misty Peaks, Banks Peninsula.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 08/11/2022, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Saxicolous on basalt, Port Hills Canterbury.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 10/11/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</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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Biostatus

Native

Current conservation status

2018 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: RR, SO, Sp

Structural class

Lichens - Fruticose

Lichen substrate

Saxicolous (rock)

Substrate details

Saxicolous.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Ramalina

Family

Ramalinaceae

Authority

Ramalina fimbriata Krog & Swinscow

Endemic taxon

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

ramalina: Meaning small branches, twiggy.

Referencing and citations

References and further reading

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

Hutchison M. 2019: iNaturalist observation. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/24924411. Date accessed: 7 June 2023.

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