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Cladina mitis (Sandst.) Hustich

Green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen

ParentsUnknownGenus is not in the current taxonomy
GenusCladina
SpeciesmitisNot spiny

About plant names...

Green reindeer lichen is distributed throughout northern regions of the world.

Identification: Occurs in large mats on rocks or thin soils. Fruticose lichen (that is, shaped like a tiny shrub), 2-3½″ (5-8.9 cm) high, yellowish-green to yellowish-gray, composed of multiple branches from a main stem, like tiny trees.

 

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

This close-up shows several hollow branches. · 4/24/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) ID is uncertain

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Cladina mitis

Cladina rangiferina
Common Name

green reindeer lichen

gray reindeer lichen
Plant

 

Fruticose lichen, 2-3½″ (5-8.9 cm) high, yellowish-green to yellowish-gray, composed of multiple branches from a main stem, like tiny trees.

 

Fruticose lichen, 2½-5″ (6.3-12 cm) high, grayish white. Branches are hollow, and end branches often point in the same direction.
Habitats Boreal (cone-bearing) forests, on soil or thin soil on rocks. Often with mosses and grasses. Boreal (cone-bearing) forests, on soil or thin soil on rocks.
Type Wild Wild

 

Online References:

Alan Silverside's Lichen Pages on LastDragon.org

Stephen Sharnoff Photography

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service

BorealForest.org

The Toolik↔Arctic Geobotanical Atlas

References:

Walewski, Joe, Lichens of the North Woods, Kollath+Stensaas Publishing, 2007, p. 38

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

4/24/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 3½ × 2½″ (9.8 × 6.6 cm) ID is uncertain

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

4/24/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) ID is uncertain

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

8/2/2008 · Flying Mountain, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm)

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

9/19/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 4 × 6″ (10 × 15 cm) ID is uncertain

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

9/19/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 6 × 9″ (15 × 23 cm) ID is uncertain

Cladonia arbuscula (Wallr.) Flotow ssp. mitis (Sandst.) Ruoss

Cladonia mitis Sandst.

 

Cladina mitis description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

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Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

Green on left, gray (Cladonia rangiferina) on right. · 8/3/2009 · 111 Near 119, Pepperell, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 15 × 10″ (37 × 24 cm) ID is uncertain

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

9/20/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (52 × 34 cm) ID is uncertain

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

4/24/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 3½ × 2½″ (9.8 × 6.6 cm) ID is uncertain

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

8/12/2009 · Pearl Hill State Park, Townsend, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm)

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

9/20/2009 · Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine · ≈ 12 × 17″ (29 × 44 cm) ID is uncertain

Cladina mitis (green reindeer lichen, reindeer lichen)

7/11/2009 · Nashua River Rail Trail, near NH Line, Dunstable, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm)