ALAAC=L38081, other identifier=1233, USFS: US Forest Service=L-3365
Protomicarea limosa (Ach.) Hafellner
Psoraceae
Bruce Ryan (1997-01-01)
Former nature_of_id: legacy.
Karen Dillman
1997-07-02
1997-07-02
United States, Alaska, Mitkof Island, Twin Creeks Area., Tongass National Forest
56.75 -132.83 +-50m. North American Datum 1983
56.75/-132.83
400-400 meters (1312-1312ft)
Growing on north facing vertical boulder.; 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.