P h o t o f r o m K S N P C F i l e s
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Habitat:
Floodplain forests along the Ohio River, occurs on the trunks of hardwood trees. Occurs in an elevation zone where the spring flood crests average 8 m above the normal pool level of the Smithland Dam.
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Species Description:
Foliose lichen.
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Phenology:
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
This light brown (light green in some phases) lichen is found exclusively on the bark of floodplain trees. It forms apothecia (small cup like structures) and these are red/dark brown/black in coloration.
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Management:
Avoid changes in moisture/hydrologic conditions at the site. Changes could result from overstory removal, stream/wetland alteration or vegetation removal that would result in increased erosion.
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Global Range:
P. leana occurs only along floodplains in the Ohio River valley of the midwestern United States. It occurs in Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and is historical in Ohio.
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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