Scientific Name:	Collema coniophilum Goward
English Name:	crumpled tarpaper
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference:	Spribille, T., C. R. Björk, S. Ekman, J. A. Elix, T. Goward, C. Printzen, T. Tønsberg, and T. Wheeler. 2009. Contributions to an epiphytic lichen flora of northwest North America: I. Eight new species from British Columbia inland rain forests. The Bryologist 112(1): 109-137.
Classification Level:	Species
Species Group:	Lichen
Species Code:	COLLCON
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Plantae Ascomycota Lecanoromycetes Peltigerales Collemataceae
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status:	G2 (Oct 2019)
Provincial Status:	S2 (Apr 2019)
BC List:	Red
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COSEWIC Status:	Threatened (Nov 2010)
SARA Schedule:	1  -  Threatened (Feb 2017)
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Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence)	Forest / Old Forest / Facultative - frequent use
Global Habitat Comments:	Occurs within the wettest, coolest portions of the British Columbia inland rain forest. Has been found on branches of Abies lasiocarpa, Picea glauca, Populus trichocarpa, Thuja plicata and Tsuga heterophylla in areas that are influenced by nutrient enrichment, e.g., from road dust. As of yet, has been documented only from humid forests older than about 100 years (Spribille et al. 2009).
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Distribution
Endemic:	Y
Global Range Comment:	This species is known from inland British Columbia and is newly confirmed for Alaska (Troy McMullin pers. comm. 2021). Core range is a small, humid portion of the Rocky Mountain Trench, approximately 65 km east of Prince George, though also known from the upper Adams River in the Columbia Mountains (Spribille et al. 2009).
Disjunct, more common elsewhere:	N
Peripheral, major distribution elsewhere:	N
Authors / Contributors
Global Information Author:	Enns, A. (2020, 2024)
Last Updated:	Oct 03, 2024
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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2024. Species Summary: Collema coniophilum. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 16, 2026).