[Cladina evansii (Abbayes) Hale & Culb., moreCladina evansii f. evansii (Abbayes) Hale & W.L. Culb., Cladina evansii f. icterica (Abbayes) Ahti, Cladonia evansii f. evansii Abbayes, Cladonia evansii f. icterica Abbayes, Cladonia evansii f. laxior Abbayes, Cladonia rangiferina var. minor Michx.]
Substrate and Habitat. On open sandy soil or gravel at low elevations.
Distribution. Caribbean, eastern North America; in North Carolina found mostly along the coast.
Literature
Abbayes, H. des. (1939) Revision monographique des Cladonia de sous-genre Cladina (lichens). Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Bretagne16: 1-156 (original description).
Ahti, T. (1961) Taxonomic studies on reindeer lichens (Cladonia, subgenus Cladina). Annales Botanici Societatis Zoologicae Botanicae Fennicae 'Vanamo'32(1): i-iv + 1-160.
Ahti, T. (2000) Cladoniaceae. Flora Neotropica78: 1-362.
Brodo, I.M., S. Duran Sharnoff & S. Sharnoff. (2001) Lichens of North America. Yale University Press, New Haven & London. 795 pp.