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CHOH 09 Plummers
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal NHPFeatures·
The biota of ·
Lichen studies on the ·
The lichen community on the
Island in the early 1900's included numerous species known to be sensitive to
air pollution that cannot be found there now. ·
The Island is located just below the ·
Studies of lead accumulation by the rock-inhabiting
lichen Flavoparmelia baltimorensis indicate that fallout patterns have
changed significantly in the past 100 years. Site data
38.9702N 77.1782W Hardwood floodplain forest Corticololous lichens in plot 2004 (abundance)
Candelaria
concolor (2) Dirinaria
aegialita (1) Flavoparmelia
caperata (4) Flavopunctelia
flaventior (2) Parmotrema
dilatatum (2) Parmotrema
hypotropum (2) Phaeophyscia
adiastola (2) Physcia
millegrana (3) Punctelia
rudecta (2) Pyxine
caesiopruinosa (2) Pyxine
sorediata (2) compare
with results of previous surveys done since the 1900's at Plummers Island. Element data (mean µg/g ± SD, N = 3)
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