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1 Lichens of cedar swamp forests in New Brunswick Stephen Clayden New Brunswick Museum

2 mineral nutrients higher lower bog forest cedar swamp (wooded fen) bog pond open bog fen pond fen water table lower higher

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8 Diversity of calicioid lichens and allied fungi in old-growth Acadian forests Forest type Species richness Spruce-fir11 to 21 Selva 2003 (Forestry Chronicle 79: 550-558) Tolerant hardwoods11 to 21 Selva 2003 (Forestry Chronicle 79: 550-558) Wet cedar16 to 38This study

9 Peltigera aphthosa

10 Lobaria pulmonaria Nephroma resupinatum Pseudocyphellaria perpetua Fuscopannaria leucosticta

11 acidic / nutrient-poor neutral / nutrient-rich rough smooth Pine Larch Spruce White birch Hemlock Aspen Elm Beech Red oak Yellow birch Sugar maple Red maple Cedar Black ash Fir Properties of Tree Bark

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13 © L. & A. Stridvall Alectoria sarmentosa

14 Megalospora porphyritis Thelotrema lepadinum © Paul Whelan 2010

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17 500 m Old wet cedar forest at Berry Brook, northern NB

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19 Kendra Driscoll, NB Museum Dwayne Sabine, NB Dept of Natural Resources Jonathan Cormier, NB Dept of Natural Resources Scott Makepeace, NB Dept of Natural Resources Charles Neveu, JD Irving Ltd Dr. Steven Selva, University of Maine, Fort Kent Martin Turgeon, Edmundston Dr. Reginald Webster, Charters Settlement Thanks to …


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