From þingvellir one can go north on a road that after a few miles turns into a gravel road. This road leads into wide landscapes of what is known as the 'desert'. This refers not to the absence of precipitation - there is plenty of that! However, the vegetation is as sparse as one might expect from a proper desert... Yet this is fertile hunting grounds for some nice lichens: the Rock tripes! |
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Habitat of the Rock tripes, Umbilicaria |
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| Umbilicaria hyperborea |
| English | : | Blistered rock tripe |
| Deutsch | : | Hochnordische Nabelflechte |
| Svenska | : | nordlig navellav |
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| Umbilicaria torrefacta & U. cf. havaasii |
| English | : | Punctured rock tripe |
| Deutsch | : | Runzelige Nabelflechte |
| Svenska | : | siktlav |
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| Umbilicaria cylindrica |
| English | : | Fringed rock tripe |
| Deutsch | : | Fransen-Nabelflechte |
| Svenska | : | strållav |
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