Placidium arboreum (Tuck.) Lendemer

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  North Carolina

• County/Municipio

  Macon Co.

• Locality

  Nantahala National Forest, Scaly Mountain, along Bartram Trail (yellow section), ca. 1.5 mi from entrance along NC 106

• Elevation

  Alt. 1280 m. (4199 ft.)

• Coordinates

  35.0336, -83.2742

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Lichens of North Carolina
Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (PH)
PH
Placidium tuckermani (Montagnel Bruess
Pet. James C. Lendemer - December 27.2002
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NORTH CAROLINA.
MACON COUNTY.: On the tunk of a large oak (Quercus) in a mixed-oak
forest (Quercus spp.), along Bartram Trail (yellow section), ca. 1.5 miles _
from entrance along NC Route 106, Scaly Mountain, Nantahia National °2S
Forest. - elev. ca. 4200 ft. - ca. UTM 17 292541E 3878950N - Lat. 35° 02' fHB
01"N, Long. 83° 16' 27"W - Assoc, spp.: Pertusaria spp., Leptogium sp., 3
Flavoparmelia caperata, Bacidia schweinitzii.
Thallus squamulose, corticolous, brown; squamules large, overlapping, §”_<
closely attached to substrate at bases. P. tuckermani nom. cons. prop. Lendemer (in	'
rev.) = Syn. P. arboreum Schweinitz ex Michener in Darlington nom. rej. prop.	j=
ID
Collection data: James C. Lendemer #560 & Leonard H. Smith II
_December 22, 2002 - 22.December.2002 - 22.XII.2002
1	arooreum (Schweinitz ex Michener) Lendemer ined.
Pet. James C. Lendemer - April 30, 2004
Herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden (NY)