Fertile Shield Lichen (Parmelia fertilis) wildspecies.ca

Undetermined

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Macrolichens

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Common Names

English common name:

Fertile Shield Lichen

In English, species in the genus Parmelia are named "Shield Lichen".

French common name:

Parmélie fertile

In French, species in the genus Parmelia are named "Parmélie" (feminine).

Year	English common name	French common name
2010	Fertile Shield Lichen	Parmélie fertile
2015
2020	Fertile Shield Lichen	Parmélie fertile

Source: iNaturalist

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

FUNGI

Subkingdom

DIKARYA

Phylum

Ascomycota

Subphylum

Pezizomycotina

Class

Lecanoromycetes

Subclass

Lecanoromycetidae

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2010	Parmelia fertilis	Parmeliaceae	Lecanorales
2015	Parmelia fertilis	Parmeliaceae	Lecanorales
2020	Parmelia fertilis	Parmeliaceae	Lecanorales

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change
2010	Unrankable
2015	Vulnerable	Changed from or to ranks U, NR, NA.	Improved knowledge of the species.
2020	Vulnerable

Original Ranks:

Canada
2010	Undetermined - 5
2015	Vulnerable - N3N4
2020	Vulnerable - N3N4

Yukon
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Northwest Territories
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nunavut
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

British Columbia
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Alberta
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Saskatchewan
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Manitoba
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Ontario
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Quebec
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Critically Imperiled - S1
2020	Critically Imperiled - S1

New Brunswick
2010	Undetermined - 5
2015	Vulnerable - S3S4
2020	Vulnerable - S3S4

Nova Scotia
2010	Undetermined - 5
2015	Imperiled - S2S3
2020	Imperiled - S2S3

Prince Edward Island
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland and Labrador
2010	Not Present
2015
2020

Labrador
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Pacific Ocean
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present