Apometzgeria pubescens

From Natural History of Southeast Alaska

Apometzgeria pubescens: Seems to be reasonably common growing on Yellow Cedar trunks off the lower section of Gavan Hill Trail. Overall distribution and abundance in the local area is not yet clear.

Taxonomic Info:

Family: Metzgeriaceae
Genus: Apometzgeria

Specific Epithet: pubescens

Rank: species

Synonyms: Metzgeria pubescens

Abundance: ?
Observed at: Lower Gavan Hill Trail

Southeast Alaska: and
Global Distribution:

Ian Worley
[as Metzgeria pubescens]
Southeastern Alaska Distribution: Throughout, usually at lower elevations.
Habitat: Common as festooning mats on non-acidic, mesic rock faces, canyon walls, cliffs, trees and shaded rocks.
Comments: Sporophytes have not been seen in the southeastern Alaska material.
|Microhabitat=Cedar Trunk