Biomass and Habitat of Nitrogen Fixing Lichens in an Oak Forest in the North Carolina Piedmont

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Nitrogen fixing lichens in a 2.7 ha, 80-100 yr old oak-hickory forest of the Piedmont of North Carolina were examined with regard to habitat and biomass. Approximately half the lichen biomass was contributed by Leptogium cyanescens; other species, in order of amount of biomass, were Lobaria quercizans, Collema subfurvum, Leptogium corticola, Peltigera canina, Sticta weigelii, Collema conglomeratum, Pannaria leucosticta and Leptogium chloromelum. The total lichen biomass on the 2.7 ha tract was 58.4 g. Most lichens were found on trees on a northeast-facing slope. Most of the lichens were on Quercus rubra and Quercus velutina, and except for L. quercizans, no lichen species appeared sensitive to the compass direction of the tree.

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