Lichens of the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5811138

Pearson, L C; Rope, S K

A study begun in 1984 to evaluate the feasibility of using lichens to monitor air pollution at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) has provided good baseline data on the lichen flora of the site. To date, 111 lichen taxa, including 25 genera and 110 species, have been identified. Six genera (Agrestia, Heterodermia, Microthelia, Polyblastiopsis, Teloschistes, and Verrucaria) and 49 species were previously unrecorded in Idaho. A key to the lichen species of the INEL and a general description of the genera are included as appendices to this report. Voucher specimens of lichens found at the INEL are being stored at the Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory. As of May 1987, 43 species have been curated in the lichen herbarium there.

• Research Organization: USDOE Idaho Operations Office, Idaho Falls. Radiological and Environmental Sciences Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5811138
• Report Number(s): DOE/ID-12110; ON: DE88002373
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
LICHENS
MORPHOLOGY
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANTS
SITE SURVEYS
SPECIES DIVERSITY
US DOE
US ERDA
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