- Scientific name
- Flavoparmelia baltimorensis
- Author
- (Gyeln. & Fóriss) Hale
- Common names
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- IUCN Specialist Group
Lichens
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Lecanoromycetes
- Order
- Lecanorales
- Family
- Parmeliaceae
- Assessment status
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Published
- Assessment date
- 2021-05-10
- IUCN Red List Category
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LC
- Assessors
- Natalie Howe; James Lendemer (Institute of Systematic Botany The New York Botanical Garden); Troy McMullin (Biodiversity Institute of Ontario Herbarium, University of Guelph); Frank Bungartz (Charles Darwin Foundation (AISBL), Galapagos, Ecuador, and Arizona State University, Tempe); Jessica Allen (IUCN SSC Lichen Specialist Group); Rebecca Yahr; Rikke Reese Næsborg (Santa Barbara Botanic Garden); Manuela Dal Forno (Botanical Research Institute of Texas); Hayley Paquette (Canadian Museum of Nature); Chandler Lymbery; John Villella; Lalita Calabria; Meaghan Petix; Felicity Roberts; Stephen Sharrett; Ashley Mertens; Rosa Batallas-Molina
- Reviewers
- Pradeep Kumar Divakar (Complutense University of Madrid )
Assessment Notes
Justification
Flavoparmelia baltimorensis is widespread and abundant. Its population size is inferred to be stable. Therefore, it is Least Concern.
Geographic range
Flavoparmelia baltimorensis is a common species in North America, predominately in the eastern United States and Canada (Hale 1976, Harris and Lendemer 2005, Lendemer 2004, McMullin and Lewis 2013). It has also been reported in Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico and Argentina (Ryan
et al. 2000, Adler and Calvelo 2010).
Population and Trends
The global population size for Flavoparmelia baltimorensis is inferred to be stable because it is abundant throughout much of its range.
Population Trend: Stable
Habitat and Ecology
Flavoparmelia baltimorensis grows predominantly on rocks, and occasionally on bark. It is found in a diversity of habitats, including forests, rock outcrops, and urban environments.
Threats
There are no known significant threats to this species.
Source and Citation
Allen, J., Yahr, R., Lymbery, C., Batallas-Molina, R., Bungartz, F., Calabria, L., Dal Forno, M., Howe, N., Lendemer, J., McMullin, T., Mertens, A., Paquette, H., Petix, M., Reese Næsborg, R., Roberts, F., Sharrett, S. & Villella, J. 2021. Flavoparmelia baltimorensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T194662214A194678194. Accessed on 23 November 2025.