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Lichens of Soldiers Delight
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The Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area [1] - [2] is located in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. This environmentally sensitive area consists of 1900 acres (770 ha) of land, plus a visitor center, that is owned by the state of Maryland and managed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. This tract of land consists of both serpentine barren and upland forest. Chromite was mined at Soldiers Delight NEA until 1860 by Isaac Tyson, and some of the old mine shafts are still present.[3] [4] Four marked trails transverse the area and are a favorite hiking place for both humans and dogs. [5][6] The most distinctive feature about Soldiers Delight NEA is the number of rare and endangered plants that occur on the serpentine barrens. (See: Wildflowers of Soldiers Delight) Some of these endangered species include the Sandplain Gerardia, Serpentine Aster, Flameflower and Fringed Gentian. [7] Lichenology began at the Soldiers Delight NEA in 1976, when Allen C. Skorepa, Arnold Norden [8], and Donald Windler were awarded a grant from the Power Plant Siting Program of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to survey the lichens of Maryland. They surveyed the lichens from many areas throughout the state; one of which was Soldiers Delight. In 1977, they published their results and reported one location for each species of lichen that they identified. Thus, while they may have collected a particular species from numerous places they documented only one. So while they found numerous species of lichens at Soldiers Delight, only a few got recorded in their publication. Dr. Elmer G. Worthley of Baltimore County also had an interest in lichens and collected throughout Maryland and New England, but the Soldiers Delight Area was one of his favorite places. All of the lichens collected by Skorepa, Norden and Windler were deposited in the herbarium at Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland. And all of the lichens in Elmer Worthley's herbarium were sent to the Lichen Herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden in 200l. The following list of lichen species found at Soldiers Delight is based upon: (1) the 1977 publication by Skorepa, Norden and Windler [S,N,W] (2) the species of lichens from Soldiers Delight in Elmer Worthley's personal herbarium [EGW] (3) my (Ed Uebel) observations [ECU] 1. Acarospora fuscata (Schrader) Arnold 2. Acarospora schleicheri (Ach.) A. Massal. 3. Anaptychia palmulata (Michaux) Vainio 4. Aspicilia cinerea (L.) Körber 5. Aspicilia caesiocinerea (Nyl. ex Malbr.) Arnold [ECU] Growing on a large rock along west side of Deer Park Road north of the Overlook; N 39o24.888' W 076o50.156' Google Map[12] (June 2003) 6. Bacidia schweinitzii (Fries ex E. Michener) A. Schneider 7. Buellia spuria (Schaerer) Anzi 8. Caloplaca citrina (Hoffm.) Th. Fr. [ECU] Growing on mortar on the wall of Red Dog Lodge; N 39o24.600' W 076o50.419' Google Map[13] (June 2003) 9. Caloplaca feracissima H. Magn. [ECU] Growing on cement at the base of light pole in front of the Visitor's Center; N 39o24.609' W 076o50.325' Google Map[14] (June 2003) [ECU] Growing on a big rock near the metal gate under the BG&E high power lines at Ward's Chapel Road; N 39o25.141' W 076o50.487' Google Map[15] (June 2003) 10. Caloplaca flavovirescens (Wulfen) Dalla Torre & Sarnth. 11. Caloplaca lobulata (Flörke) de Lesd. 12. Caloplaca sideritis (Tuck.) Zahlbr. 13. Candelaria concolor (Dickson) B. Stein [ECU] Growing on bark of Red Maple along the Orange Trail (Red Run Trail) east of the intersection of the Orange-Red-Yellow Trails; N 39o24.732' W 076o49.658' Google Map[17] (June 2003) 14. Candelariella vitellina (Hoffm.) Müll, Arg. [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW, along Dolfield Road, on rock outcrops in open field. (9 Mar 1980) L-644 [EGW] Collected by Elmer Worthley, identified by Allen C. Skorepa, on serpentine rocks in open field. (11 May 1980) L-594 [ECU] Growing on a boulder on the west side of Deer Park Road near the Overlook Parking Area; N 39o24.892' W 076o50.161' Google Map[18] (June 2003) 15. Catapyrenium cinereum (Pers.) Körber 16. Cladonia apodocarpa Robbins [ECU] Growing on soil near the intersection of Deer Park Road and the old gravel road leading to the Visitor's Center. N 39o24.728' W 076o50.142' Google Map[19] (June 2003) [ECU] Growing on soil in a field near the metal gate under the BG&E high power lines at Ward's Chapel Road; N 39o25.144' W 076o50.468' Google Map[20] (June 2003) 17. Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flotow [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on soil under Pinus virginiana. (28 Sep 1985) L-96 [ECU] Growing on soil south of Dolfield Road; N 39o24.110' W 076o49.374' Google Map[21] (June 2003) 18. Cladonia atlantica A. Evans 19. Cladonia boryi Tuck. (probably a misidentification) 20. Cladonia caespiticia (Pers.) Flörke 21. Cladonia cariosa (Ach.) Sprengel 22. Cladonia caroliniana Tuck 23. Cladonia chlorophaea (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Sprengel [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on rock outcrop in open field near Ward's Chapel Road. (9 Mar 1980) L-22 24. Cladonia ciliata var. tenuis (Flörke) Ahti & M.J. Lai 25. Cladonia coccifera (L.) Willd. 26. Cladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Sprengel [ECU] Growing on an old carpet in a woodland located at the SW corner of the Serpentine Trail; N 39o24.465' W 076o51.034' Google Map[24] (June 2003) 27. Cladonia cristatella (AKA British Soldiers) Tuck. [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on soil around bases of Andropogon. (16 Dec 1949) LH-23 [ECU] Growing about midway up the grassy hillside between the woodland and power lines near the Serpentine Trail (White Trail); N 39o24.686' W 076o50.492' Google Map[25] (June 2003) 28. Cladonia gracilis (L.) Willd. subsp. gracilis [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on soil in woods opposite the Overlook. (6 Apr 1983) L-50 29. Cladonia grayi G. Merr. ex Sandst. 30. Cladonia macilenta var. bacillaris (Genth) Schaerer 31. Cladonia parasitica (Hoffm.) Hoffmann 32. Cladonia peziziformis (With.) J.R. Laundon [ECU] Growing on top of a pile of asphalt near the beginning of the north section of the Red Trail; N 39o24.913' W 076o50.127' Google Map[28] (June 2003) 33. Cladonia pleurota (Flörke) Schaerer [ECU] Growing on soil along the wood edge on the eastern side of the power line clearing north of the Serpentine Trail; N 39o25.042' W 076o50.462' Google Map[29] (June 2003) [ECU] Growing on an old piece of cotton cloth at the edge of a woodland west of Deer Park Road; N 39o24.439' W 076o50.085' Google Map[30] (13 May 2006) 34. Cladonia rei Schaerer 35. Cladonia squamosa Hoffm. 36. Cladonia subcariosa Nyl. [ECU] An extensive patch of this lichen can be found growing near the metal gate under the high voltage power lines along Ward's Chapel Road; N 39o25.130' W 076o50.487' Google Map[32] (June 2003) 37. Cladonia subtenuis (Abbayes) Mattick [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; growing near Ward's Chapel Road under Virginia Pine. (11 May 1980) L-583 [ECU] Growing along the western section of the Dolfield Trail (Yellow Trail), about midway between the intersection of the Red-Orange-Yellow Trails and Dolfield Road; N 39o24.407' W 076o49.497' Google Map[33] (June 2003) [ECU] Growing along the Serpentine Trail near a large pile of wood chips; N 39o24.611' W 076o50.620' Google Map[34] (June 2003) 38. Cladonia uncialis (L.) F.H. Wigg. 39. Dibaeis baeomyces (L.f) Rambold & Hertel 40. Flavoparmelia baltimorensis (Gyelnik & Fòriss) Hale [ECU] Growing on "lichen rock", in the woodland on the west side of the power line clearing between the White (Serpentine) Trail and Ward's Chapel Road; N 39o24.970' W 076o50.526' Google Map[36] (June 2003) 41. Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale [ECU] Growing on bark of a fallen oak limb along the Serpentine Trail east of the SW corner; N 39o24.477' W 076o51.005' Google Map[37] (June 2003) 42. Hypocenomyce scalaris (Ach.) M. Choisy [EGW] Collected by Elmer Worthley and identified by Arnold "Butch" Norden; at base of Pinus virginiana, from ground level up about l foot. Tree located about 100 yards downhill from Red Dog Lodge. (8 Jan 1984) L-467 43. Imshaugia aleurites (Ach.) S.F. Meyer [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on bark of Pinus virginiana. (6 Apr. 1983) L-266 [ECU] Growing on bark of a Virginia Pine near the intersection of the Red-Yellow-Orange Trails; N 39o24.728' W 076o49.753' Google Map[38] (June 2003) 44. Imshaugia placorodia (Ach.) S.F. Meyer [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on branches of Virginia Pine; often grows with Imshaugia aleurites and Ahtiana aurescens. (9 Mar 1980) L-269 [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on bark of Pinus virginiana, opposite the Overlook. (3 Apr 1983) L-270 [ECU] Growing on a pole-like stump of a dead Virginia Pine sticking out into the trail north of Dolfield Road; N 39o24.242' W 076o49.338' Google Map[39] (June 2003) 45. Lecanora caesiorubella Ach. [EGW] Collected by Elmer Worthley, identified by Arnold "Butch" Norden; on bark of dead Betula nigra about 8 feet above ground. (19 Dec 1983) L-472 46. Lecanora expallens Ach. [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on dead decorticated branch lying on the ground. (Dec 1983) L-478 47. Lecanora strobilina (Sprengel) Kieffer 48. Lecidella carpathica Körber 49. Lecidella stigmatea (Ach.) Hertel & Leuckert 50. Lepraria lobificans Nyl. 51. Lepraria neglecta (Nyl.) Erichsen 52. Myelochroa aurulenta (Tuck.) Elix and Hale [ECU] Growing at the base of a large oak tree along the gravel road in the section north of Ward's Chapel Road. (June 2003) 53. Parmelia sulcata Taylor 54. Parmelinopsis minarum (Vainio) Elix & Hale 55. Parmotrema hypotropum (Nyl.) Hale [ECU] Growing on a rock in the woodland east of the BG&E high voltage power lines north of the Serpentine Trail; N 39o24.896' W 076o50.447' Google Map[46] (June 2003) [ECU] Growing on a large rock in the woodland west of the BG&E high voltage power lines north of the Serpentine Trail; N 39o24.970' W 076o50.526' Google Map[47] (June 2003) 56. Pertusaria paratuberculilfera Dibben 57. Phaeophyscia pusilloides (Zahlbr.) Essl. 58. Phaeophyscia rubropulchra (Degel.) Essl. 59. Physcia adscendens (Fries) H. Oliver 60. Physcia aipolia (Ehrh. ex Humb.) Fürnr. 61. Physcia millegrana Degel. [ECU] Growing on a woodland rock near the picnic tables south of Red Dog Lodge; N 39o24.604' W 076o50.440' Google Map[52] (June 2003) 62. Physcia subtilis Degel. 63. Physconia detersa (Nyl.) Poelt 64. Placidium lacneum (Ach.) Breuss 65. Porpidia albocaerulescens (Wulfen) Hertel & Knoph [ECU] Growing on a small rock about 200 feet south of the paved driveway in the woodland close to the Yellow (Dolfield) Trail; N 39o24.484' W 076o49.357' Google Map[54] (June 2003) 66. Porpidia crustulata (Ach.) Hertel & Knoph or 67. Psorula rufonigra (Tuck.) Gotth. Schneider 68. Punctelia rudecta (Ach.) Krog [ECU] Growing on bark at the base of a Virginia Pine along the Orange Trail east of the intersection of the Orange-Red-Yellow Trails; N 39o24.736' W 076o49.653' Google Map[56] (June 2003) [ECU] Growing at the base of an oak along the Serpentine Trail near Deer Park Road north of the Overlook Area; N 39o24.889' W 076o50.384' Google Map[57] (June 2003) 69. Punctelia subrudecta (Nyl.) Krog [EGW] Collected and identified by A. Norden and B. Ball; on trunks of pines in dry portions of the serpentine barrens. (11 Apr 1974) L-340 [ECU] On trunk of Virginia Pine with a large Poison Ivy vine attached to it; along the Serpentine Trail near a barbed wire fence west of Red Dog Lodge; N 39o24.490' W 076o50.965' Google Map[58] (June 2003) [ECU] Growing on a pine cone found on the ground under a Virginia Pine near the cattle fence west of Red Dog Lodge; N 39o24.490' W 076o50.965' Google Map[59] (June 2003) 70. Pycnothelia papillaria Dufour [ECU] Growing on bare soil along the Orange Trail about 200 feet east of the intersection of the Red-Yellow-Orange Trails; N 39o24.728' W 076o49.709' Google Map[61] (June 2003) 71. Pyxine sorediata (Ach.) Mont. 72. Rimelia reticulata (Taylor) Hale & Fletcher 73. Tuckermanella fendleri (Nyl.) Essl. 74. Tuckermannopsis ciliaris (Ach.) Gyelnik [EGW] Collected and identified by A. Norden and B. Ball; on branches of scrub pines in moist areas. (11 Apr 1974) L-353 [EGW] Collected and identified by EGW; on dead decorticated limb of Pinus virginiana, near Dolfield Road in pine woods near downstream end of pipe under the road. (l Jan 1983) L-355 [ECU] Growing on a shrub near the stream north of Dolfield Road; N 39o24.208' W 076o49.320' Google Map[63] (June 2003) 75. Verrucaria nigrescens Pers. [ECU] Growing on a serpentine rock in a field west of Deer Park Road, in the vicinity of a small stream; Elevation 648 feet, N 39o24.391' W 076o50.080' Google Map[64] (31 May 2006) U-599 76. Xanthoparmelia conspersa (Ehrh. ex Ach.) Hale 77. Xanthoparmelia plittii (Gyelnik) Hale [ECU] Growing on a large rock near the metal gate under the BG&E high power lines at Ward's Chapel Road; N 39o25.144' W 076o50.480' Google Map[66] (June 2003) 78. Xanthoparmelia stenophylla (Ach.) Ahti & D. Hawksw. [EGW] Syn. Xanthoparmelia somloënsis (Gyelnik) Hale. Collected and identified by EGW (no data) L-604
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