Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis Imshaug
Annotated by Andrea Ruchty, 22 2008.

Washington: Skamania County: Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument. Clear Creek Roads Project, Forest Road 9300150, approximately 3 miles east of 93 and 25 road junction. Near end of Forest Service Road 9300150, in old-growth forest on both sides of stream crossing between last plantations at end of road. Elev. 1950 ft.
UTM Zone 10, 579556E, 5109161N; T7N R7E S32 SE 1/4 of SE 1/4
Datum: NAD 27. Uncertainty: 805 meters. Coordinate Source: TRS2LL.
Habitat: Stringer of old-growth along adjacent slopes of small perennial stream. Thuja plicata and Pseudotsuga menziesii dominate the overstory, Tsuga heterophylla beneath. Cool dark understory. Tsuga heterophylla/Polystichum munitum/Berberis nervosa plant association. Aspect: 320 degrees. Slope: 50%. Light: partially shaded. Topography: mid-slope. Associated Species: Thuja plicata, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla, Polystichum munitum, Berberis nervosa, Smilacina stellata, Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Rubus lasiococcus and Vaccinium alaskense. Substrate: Found as litterfall. Location Notes: Found handful of thalli - scraps in litterfall, but did not observe any on trees. Lower branches we covered with Isothecium stoloniferum. Substrate: corticolous.

John Scott MTALICH127, Aug 14, 2007
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