Metzgeria temperata
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Taxonomic Info:
Family: Metzgeriaceae
Genus: Metzgeria
Specific Epithet: fruticulosa
Rank: species
Synonyms: Metzgeria fruticulosa
Abundance: ?
Observed at: Totem Park, Castle Hill
Southeast Alaska: and
Global Distribution:
Ian Worley
[as Metzgeria fruticulosa]
Southeastern Alaska Distribution: Not previously reported from Alaska. probably throughout the region.
Habitat: On and among other epiphytic bryophytes on the bark of deciduous trees (primarily alder) by streams and in humid canyons. Alsways local and scarce.
Comments: Sporophytes not seen, but gemmae abundant.
|Microhabitat=Red Alder Trunk, Mountain Ash Trunk, Exposed Rock Outcrop
|Habitat=Riparian Forest,
