Schistidium occidentale (E.Lawton) S.P.Churchill

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Alpine Co.

• Locality

  Along highway 4 northside of highway from bridge crossing of Upper Cascade Creek, 3.1 miles east of Ebbetts Pass.

• Township, Range, Section

  9N, 20E, 32

• Elevation

  Alt. 2336 m. (7664 ft.)

• Coordinates

  38.5813, -119.802

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BRYOFLORA OF CALIFORNIA	*
CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, TOIYABE NATIONAL FOREST
Schistidium occidentale (E. Lawton) S.P. Churchill
det. by Jim Shevock; confirmed by David Toren vii.2018
ALPINE COUNTY, CA
Along highway 4 northside of highway from bridge crossing of Upper
Cascade Creek, 3.1 miles east of Ebbetts Pass. T9N, R20E, section 32.
Lat/Long NAD 83: 38°34'52.6" N, 119o48'08.4'' W. Elev. 7665 ft.
Open forest with scattered conifers along rivulet. Granitic rockslab in
sun. Rheophyte.
James R. Shevock 51767	18	Jun	2018
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY. OF SCIENCES
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LIGHT: sufmyT^pen, filtered, partial shadfijull shade
WATEftMhYTmesic, moist, seep, wet^aturatetfrsubmerged to — m
TOPOG: ridge, ¿lop^t swale, vaHeyrtran, roaasid^
HABITAT: detise7open^cut foreSfr wooflBnnl^avannah, grassland, heath,
chaparral, tropihrir^tip-trofrical/temperate, subalpine^lpine, desert,
riparian, spring/seep, meadow, bog/fen, swamp, pondTlake^veEnaljoQk
river/stream/creek banljdblttfnnttent streanft^rivule^heophytic^
SUBSTRATE: igneous (graMuJ) vulcanic),Tfietamih phiftSlate, shalcr'^
marble, limestone), sWtmentary (sandstone), other-----------------
Soil: sand, loam, gravel, clay, rocky, litter, humus^jpgaL^
Rode: outcropT^liff, crevice, top/wall of boulderfrock-slaV underhang
’ Ttee. bascTtiuttress, trunk, stump, snag, log, falfen/dead/rotten trunk,
branch, exposed roots, bark, leaf, shrub, climber, liana, m above ground
Type: conifer, podocarp, hardwood, tree fern, palm, bamboo, — ------
Dominant plants:    __________________________________________________
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