WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0072945
Taxon: Stereocaulon ramulosum (Sw.) Rausch.
Family: Stereocaulaceae
Determiner: I. M. Lamb (3/1973)
Collector: H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis   3102   
Date: 1963-01-03
Locality: Peru, Cuzco, Prov. Urubamba. Ruinas de Machu Picchu, high above Rio Urubamba, 80 km WNW of Cuzco
Elevation: 2500-2600 meters (8200-8528ft)
Habitat: A) Sunny, lichen-covered rock walls, rock piles, terraces & cliffs at M.P. ruins. B) Weedy thickets at Hotel Turistas (Solanum spp., Triumfetta). C) Cool moist shrubby cloud forest remnants on nearly vertical rocky slopes at base of Huayna Picchu, just NW of ruins (Many ferns, lichens, Ericads, Gesneriads).
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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Record Id: 7bbdaeac-df6e-46c2-b634-f54b1b64ee42
Occurrence ID (GUID): 5561c625-904e-4774-bf74-75958b96c722
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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