Locality: Montgomery, Randolph and Stanly counties (35.452280, -79.960560)
Abstract: A preliminary checklist of 78 species in 47 genera of lichens from 137 collections made in the Uwharrie Mountains of the North Carolina Piedmont is presented. Notewothy finds include Mycoporum acervatum and Rinodina destituta as new for North Carolina, and six new records for the North Carolina Piedmont. Among the latter is the rare Xanthoparmelia monticola, here first reported from outside its known range in the high elevation rock outcrops of the southern Appalachians.
Notes: Published checklist supplemented with more recent survey results from Randolph County.