It is only found in the Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve in the Russian Far East, and on the Jiri Mountain of South Korea.

The type specimen was collected by the authors from the Land of the Leopard National Park in Khasansky District (Primorsky Krai).

There, at an altitude of 163 m (535 ft), on a slope in a deciduous forest, the lichen was found growing on silicate rocks.

These ascospores are spindle-shaped (fusiform) with tapered ends, split into two cells by a central septum (hence, "bipolar"), and measure 19–26 by 8.5–10 μm.

[1] Caloplaca kedrovopadensis was first recorded from the Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve in Russia, and a few years later, from the Jiri Mountain of South Korea, at an altitude of 1,314 m (4,311 ft).