The lichens species diversity in Altay Qinghe forestry station

The lichens species diversity and its geographic distribution types were reported according to the spot investigation and literature. As the results shows that 52 lichen species in 21 genera and 10 families were distributed in this area. Among them the order Lecanorales has 42 lichen species,occupy 60. 00%,76. 19% and 80.77% of species,genera and family number of this area. There species number of the Parmeliaceae,Cladoniaceae and Physciaceae occupy 67. 31% of total species number of study area and they belong to dominant families.According to the geographical condition and lichens species composition,we divided the lichen geographical distribution types into following 11 types. They are Global widespread species,Circumpolar arctic-alpine species,Widespread continental regions of North Hemisphere,Circumpolar boreal species,Circumpolar low arctic and boreal species,East Asian species,Temperate Zone species,Widespread in both hemispheres,Mediterranean-West Asian and Central Asian species,Bipolar and Atlantic species and Endemic to China.