University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0113169
Taxon:Usnea florida (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg. Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: H.H. Iltis (assumed to be collection date)
Collector:
H.H. Iltis; Ken Karol, Jesus Valdez 31097
Date: 1993-11-07
Locality:
Mexico, Coahuila, Just E of El Renacer de la Sierra (a resort), NW of state line and highest part of road, ca. 27 Km ESE of San Antonio de las Alazanas (SE of Mesa de las Tablas), ca. 65Km ESE of Saltillo
Elevation:
2700-2900 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2700-2900m.
Habitat:
Sierra Madre Oriental: Steep N-facing slopes of Sierra La Marta (Siberia), covered, with conifer avacuite. Pinus pseudostrobus. Populus tremuloides) and, where locally devastated by fire, with dense chaparral understory (Ceanothus buxifolius. Ouercus spp.. Rubus sp.. Pachystima mvrsinites var. mexicana). (Abies common from 2600m to 2900m, but not one with cones!) forests (Abies veiari. Pseudotsuga menziesii.