Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University
(LSU:Lichens)
Catalog #:
LSU00138686
Occurrence ID (GUID):
5fb9ed74-21e9-4203-96ee-6167234b4429
Secondary Catalog #:
204283
Taxon:
Ochrolechia africana Vain.
Family: Pertusariaceae
Family: Pertusariaceae
Determiner: Shirley C. Tucker (2015)
ID Remarks:
on barkon underside of living branches of Pinus clausa 1.5 m above ground in Plot 2.
Collector:
William J. Platt 14219D
Date: 2014-12-09
Verbatim Date: 9-Dec-14
Locality:
United States, Florida, Bay, St. Andrew's Bay State Park; on old sand dune about 200 m north of St. Andrew's Pass and 770 m northeast of the Gulf of Mexico.
30.1285 -85.7288 WGS84
Verbatim Coordinates:
30.1285, -85.7288
Elevation:
2 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2 - 7 meters
Habitat:
Coastal Sand Pine Scrub on old sand dune not recently directly affected by a hurricane or burned. Overstory of scattered Pinus clausa, midstory of Quercus geminata, & Shrub layer with Q. geminata, Q. myrtifolia, Ceratiola ericoides, occasional Serenoa repens; Vegetation cover about 80% with 20% bare sand.
Substrate:
on bark of sand pine
Notes:
Recollection of lichens from William J. Platt Sand Pine Study Plot #2 at St. Andrew's Bay State Park first sampled in 1992. Storm surge of Hurricane Dennis (2005) briefly flooded plot. Details of site and prior study on file at FL DEP Region 1 Office and in: Drewa, P. B., W. J. Platt, C. Kwit, and T. W. Doyle. 2008. Stand structure and dynamics of sand pine differ between the Florida panhandle and peninsula. Plant Ecology 196:15 - 25.
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Record ID: 5fb9ed74-21e9-4203-96ee-6167234b4429
For additional information on this specimen, please contact:
Jennifer S. Kluse, Collections Manager (jkluse@lsu.edu)
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