University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Lichens
Catalog #:
WIS-L-0005436
Secondary Catalog #:
l0005436WIS
Taxon:Usnea hirta (L.) Weber ex F.H. Wigg. Family: Parmeliaceae
Determiner: Thomson, John W., Jr. (1985)
Collector:
Cochrane, Theodore S.; Cochrane, Barbara A. 9222
Date: 1980-07-01
Verbatim Date: 7/1/1980 0:00:00
Locality:
United States, Wisconsin, Ashland, The only place on these islands this lichen is known to grow, fide NPS' head groundskeeper. Red sandstone shelves of L. Superior shore near N end of island.
47.07 -90.72
Georeference Remarks:
1 mi.
Habitat:
On branches of living and dead Abies balsamea. Shallow low-soiled (moist sand) mossy crevices.