Usnea fragilescens
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Usnea fragilescens: Records in NLaAQ DB primarily from southern half of the region, but also Excursion Inlet and Cape Fanshaw.
Dillman, et. al. (2012) describes this as a quite frequent taxon in the region with four chemotypes. Collections examined for this work from at least as far north as Sitka.
- Treated in Usnea in the Pacific Northwest by D. F. Stone
Local Notes
References
Weblinks
- PacNW Herbaria Records for Usnea fragilescens
- Search National Lichens and Air Quality Database (Tabular Results from Tongass)
- Search National Lichens and Air Quality Database (Map locations from Tongass)
- Search Arctos Database for Usnea fragilescens (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Usnea fragilescens (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Usnea fragilescens
- iNaturalist Observations for Usnea fragilescens in Southeast Alaska
Other References
- Geiser Dillman Derr Stensvold 1998: Infrequent; on Pinus contorta in peatland on Dog Island, south of Ketchikan, on trees along beachc fringe at west Staney Island near Prince of Wales Island and at Cape Fanshaw, mainland.