Syn.: E. arenaria auct., non (Retz.) Fr., Letharia arenaria auct., E. herinii P. A. Duvign., E. prunastri var. herinii (P. A. Duvign.) Maas Geest.

Corticolous on roadside trees, in orchards, in forests, along rivers, exceptionally saxicolous, on siliceous and sandstone rocks or walls, or terricolous, in sand dunes.

Belgium: Mar.: CC, Fl.: CC, Camp., Brab.: C, Mosan: C (type locality of E. herinii), Ard., Lorr.: CC.

Luxembourg: Ard.: CC, Lorr.: CC.

France: Mar.: AR, Boul.: AR, Pic.: R, Mosan: C, Ard., Lorr.: CC.

Lit.: Ba: 9, Boul.: 68-69, Ca: 122-123, Ho: 128, La66: 446-447, La68: 79, NL84: 14, Qu: 130, 133-134, WS: 34, 69, Massart (1910: Phot. 239), Ramaut & Lambinon (1962).