Huperzia porophila (F.E.Lloyd & Underw.) Holub

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Wisconsin: Richland County
Lycopodiaceae
Huperzia porophila (F.E.LIoyd & Underw.)
Holub
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. Rare. Six plants spread along 42-in.-long
shelf. Two more small colonies on this cliff farther
south, one of 8 clumps in a string 40 in. long, the
other of 20 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. No
Huperzia lucidula was seen. Upper Cambrian or St.
Croixan ("Potsdam") sandstone.
TOWN RANGE SECTION	rtFv
12N 01E 27NW4SW4NE4 820 ft
LAT.	LONG.
Locality of Hub City- Along Melancthon Creek,. E of
Wl Hwy. 80, 1.4 mi. airline distance (1.6 mi. by road)
due N of Hub City, 11 mi. due N of Richland Center.
Collector	Coll. No
Cochrane, Theodore S.	14173
rts-14173a
25/May/2003