ALAAC=L37025, other identifier=1341, USFS: US Forest Service=L-3242
Baeomyces rufus (Hudson) Rebent.
Baeomycetaceae
Karen Dillman (1993-01-01)
Former nature_of_id: legacy.
Karen Dillman
1993-07-05
1993-07-05
United States, Alaska, Mainland, Cosmos Range, south of Swan Lake, north of Cosmos Peak., Tongass National Forest
57.0045 -132.7328 +-50m. North American Datum 1983
57.0045/-132.7328
Growing on NW facing granite slope.; 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.