WIS : Lichens
University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #: WIS-L-0072952
Taxon: Stereocaulon ramulosum (Sw.) Rausch.
Family: Stereocaulaceae
Determiner: I. M. Lamb (3/1973)
Collector: H. H. Iltis; C. M. Iltis, D. Ugent   3227   
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).
Occurrence Remarks: [with map]
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Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Owner: University of Wisconsin - Madison (WIS)
Record Id: d83ef4c2-71ea-44ec-9345-e87ef13ebe1c
Occurrence ID (GUID): 07f77e4b-e4f4-4828-baec-9deb52e3214b
For additional information on this occurrence, please contact: Kenneth M. Cameron (kmcameron@wisc.edu)
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