Table 5 Sample records in the dataset.

From: A geospatial dataset of lichen key attributes in the Earth’s three poles

Index

Polar

Scientific name

Latitude

Longitude

Ecoregion name

Biome name

Growth form

Color type

OccurrenceID

52

Tibetan Plateau

Hypotrachyna cirrhata

31.712092°N

88.118532°E

Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe

Montane Grasslands & Shrublands

foliose

green

98935afb-a2d3-4073-b418-8c1e5de978d0

102

Tibetan Plateau

Thamnolia vermicularis

30.700636°N

81.366045°E

Western Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows

Montane Grasslands & Shrublands

fruticose

dark

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49122156

103

Antarctic

Lecidea cancriformis

86.483333°S

146.166666°E

Rock and Ice

N/A

crustose

dark

4FD9F0CC-473B-4329-93A1-D4B137B5B8E5

130

Antarctic

Rhizoplaca melanophthalma

77.58333°S

163.16667°E

South Victoria Land tundra

Tundra

foliose

pale

tepapa:collection/object/345270

1563

Arctic

Endococcus propinquus

29.3365°N

70.1563°E

Iceland boreal birch forests and alpine tundra

Boreal Forest/ Taiga

crustose

dark

urn:catalog:TRH:L:46875/1

1564

Arctic

Cladonia cornuta

64.066667°N

51.033333°W

Kalaallit Nunaat Arctic steppe

Tundra

fruticose

pale

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