University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS:Pteridophyte)
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Huperzia porophila (F. E. Lloyd & Underw.) Holub
Lycopodiaceae
Cochrane, Theodore S.
14173
2003-05-25
2003-05-25
United States, Wisconsin, Richland, Hub City. Along Melancthon Creek, E of WI Hwy. 80, 1.4 mi. airline distance (1.6 mi. by road) due N of Hub City, 11 mi. due N of Richland Center.
T12N R01E sec27 NW4SW4NE4;
250 meters
820 ft
On vertical NW-facing 18-ft.-high sandstone cliff, in lower half of white pine relic (Pinus strobus-1 dominant, Acer saccharum 2 dominant, with Tsuga canadensis-rare); on extremely narrow small rock shelf in moss mat, the Huperzia half covered with pine needle duff. No Huperzia lucidula was seen. Upper Cambrian or St. Croixan ("Potsdam") sandstone. BER2004. Rare. Six plants spread along 42-in.-long shelf. Two more small colonies on this cliff farther south, one of 8 clumps forming a loose patch 3.5 X 1.5 ft. Three clumps seen huddled together in a spot at the base of the next cliff farther north.