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Sticta colinii

Common lichen amongst bryophytes in subalpine scrub, Mt Anglem Stewart Island.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 20/03/2022, 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>

Common lichen amongst bryophytes in subalpine shrub, Mt Anglem Stewart Island.<br>Photographer: Marley Ford, Date taken: 20/03/2022, 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>

Mt Anglem.<br>Photographer: Melissa Hutchison, Date taken: 20/03/2022, 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>

Photographer: Bill Malcolm, Licence: All rights reserved. <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

Colin’s Sticta

Biostatus

Native – Endemic taxon

Current conservation status

2018 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: DP

Structural class

Lichens - Foliose

Lichen substrates

Terricolous (soil), Graminicolous (grass)

Substrate details

Terricolous, graminicolous

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Sticta

Family

Peltigeraceae

Authority

Sticta colinii D.J.Galloway

Endemic taxon

Yes

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Other information

Etymology

sticta: spotted, dappled

colinii: Named for the distinguished ecologist Dr Colin Meurk, who has made extensive collections of plants and lichens from Stewart Island and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand.

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.

STICOL

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.

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