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WIS : Lichens

University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens

Catalog #: WIS-L-0009094

Taxon: Usnea sulcata Motyka
Family: Parmeliaceae

Determiner: M. E. Hale (not given)

ID Remarks: determiner inferred by handwriting. ! JWT 1984

Collector: Hugh H. Iltis; Rafael Guzman 29059

Date: 1984-01-01

Locality: Mexico, Jalisco, West facing mid-slopes of deep, cool valley at theadwaters of Arroyo Las Joyas, 1.5-2 km ESE of Las Joyas, 6 km SSW of El Chante

19.5875 -104.258333

Verbatim Coordinates: 19° 35' 15" N 104° 15' 30" W

Elevation: 1950-2200 meters

Verbatim Elevation: 1950-2200m

Habitat: West-facing cool, moist cloud forest (bosque mesofilo de montana) of Tilia mexicana (now being cut everywhere to be sent to Michoacan for guitar making), Quercus acutifolia, Q. spp., gigantic Magnolia 'schiedeana"(to 50 m tall, 15 dm dbh, many slated to be cut as veneer logs for Germany!), Cornus (C. disciflorus?), Lauraceae, with MTconia (?), Dendropanax, Smilax, Solanum spp. and Dendropanax arborea in tall understory.

Associated Species: Quercus acutifolia, Q. spp., gigantic Magnolia "schiedeana"(to 50 m tall, 15 dm dbh, many slated to be cut as veneer logs for Germany!), Cornus (C. disciflorus?), Lauraceae, with MTconia (?), Dendropanax, Smilax, Solanum spp. and Dendropanax arborea in tall understory.

Disposition: Oversize

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