A group of Northwest Lichenologists explored the lichen biodiversity on Cypress Island in the San Juan Islands on the Pacific coast north of Seattle, hosted by the Washington Department of Natural Resources. We compiled our observations separately by habitat: (1) uplands with serpentine bedrock, (2) uplands with basalt bedrock, and (3) rocky saltwater shorelines. Combining our results with previous efforts, we report 243 lichen species from Cypress Island. Despite the respectable species list, we were struck by the absence of numerous species that are regionally common. We report those here, but were unable to be convinced by various hypotheses for their absence. They fall in several functional groups, including nitrophiles, cyanolichens, oceanic species, and widespread green algal foliose species. In addition to a traditional species list, we present two artistic expressions of the lichen biota.
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19 March 2024
Lichens of Cypress Island, Washington – The Seen and the Unseen
Kathryn Beck,
Katherine Glew,
Amanda Hardman,
Natasha Lavdovsky,
Bruce McCune,
Nils Nelson,
Jeanne Ponzetti,
Fred Rhoades,
Roger Rosentreter,
Daphne Stone,
Tiffany Theden,
Tor Tønsberg,
John Villella
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Evansia
Vol. 40 • No. 4
Winter 2023
Vol. 40 • No. 4
Winter 2023
lichenized fungi
Pacific Northwest
San Juan Islands
serpentine
species inventory