Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University (LSU:Lichens)
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204128
Cladonia pachycladodes Vain.
Cladoniaceae
Shirley C. Tucker (Feb. 2015)
Lichens collected from dead leaves and other debris on surface of bare sand in Plot 4. In open areas with lichens 14101-14104, but is much less common. Smaller than C.leporina. Not prostrate or flattened like 14105.
William J. Platt
14106
2014-12-08
8-Dec-14
United States, Florida, Gulf, St. Joseph Peninsula State Park; on old sand dune about 200 m west of St. Joe Bay.
29.7904 -85.4076
29.7904, -85.4076
3 meters
3 - 5 m
Coastal Sand Pine Scrub on old sand dune not recently affected by a hurricane or burned; Overstory of scattered Pinus clausa, midstory and understory trees of Quercus geminata & some Q.myrtifolia, Shrub layer sparse, with Quercus geminata, Q. myrtifolia, Ceratiola ericoides, occasional Serenoa repens; Vegetation cover about 75% with 25% bare sand.
on ground debris
Recollection of lichens from plots first sampled in 1992. William J. Platt Sand Pine Study Plot #4 at St. Joseph Bay State Park; details on file at FL DEP Region 1 Office; Details of site and study in following: 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.