University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0098127
Taxon:Sticta boliviana Nyl. Family: Lobariaceae
Determiner: J. W. Thomson, Jr. (s.d.)
ID Remarks:
determiner based on handwriting
Collector:
H. H. Iltis; D. Ugent 2790
Date: 1962-12-19
Locality:
Peru, Apurímac, Prov. Abancay. At km 18 from Abancay on Cuzco road, ca 6 km. NNW (by air).
Elevation:
3050 meters
(10004ft)
Habitat:
Very steep, damp moss-lichen covered CLOUD FOREST of large shrubs and stunted small trees with mostly evergreen leaves (a secondary community heavily disturbed by grazing & cutting) now being converted to field ( 55° slope !). With Embotrium grandiflorum (Proteaceae) Gaultheria brachybotrys, Eupatorium spp., Baccharis buxifolia, etc.