ALAAC=L36238, other identifier=3447, USFS: US Forest Service=L-814
Cladonia bellidiflora (Ach.) Schaer.
Cladoniaceae
John W. Thomson (1992-01-01)
Former nature_of_id: legacy.
Chiska Derr
1991-07-04
1991-07-04
United States, Alaska, Revillagigedo Island, Ketchikan, Ward Lake Road., Tongass National Forest
55.4067 -131.7008 +-50m. North American Datum 1983
55.4067/-131.7008
15-15 meters (49-49ft)
Growing on soil among mosses.; NW facing granite cliff, upper subalpine habitat. Dwarfed Tsuga mertensiana, Vaccinium, Cassiope mertensiana, C. stellaris, Leutkea pectinata, Phyllodoce glanduliflora, Fauria crista-gallia. S face of mountain is subalpine, N face is alpine. Lichen and bryophyte veg differ greatly on N and NE facing rock surfaces from those facing S and W.