Map Lichen Rhizocarpon geographicum

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This species of lichen grows on rocks in mountainous areas of low air pollution. It has a broad distribution found in most cold areas with exposed rock surfaces including the northern Boreal forests of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Fennoscandia and Siberia, the Andes of Peru and Colombia, Patagonia, Falkland Islands, the sub Antarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Size: 4501px × 3000px
Location: Cilcain, near Mold, Flintshire, Wales
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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