Selaginella exaltata (Kunze) Spring

““locally frequent
I climbing in shrinks and small trees in open
42 of forest
to severa»,	de mchort
SgCLí dark-brown tops oil seldom more than 1
dm; 1 cm leaves & debris on surface; subsoi
pure clay bedded in various colors: blue-tgr
to yellow, rea~brown & brown; occasionally
somewhat friable or sandy, to 5-10 m in som
.of road cuts; few outcrops of dark grey, Ha
sandstone(2), mostly ián stream beds; patche
of richer soil near R*TOPOGRAPHY* low ico
ing hills near H*, with steep-?sldecl quebra-
das; small amount of level area. PLANT CQM-
.	i. Bosque Seco Tropical (AccV to To si,
1:9^0) the area covered witfe a mod* depse fo
est to . 25 m; the emergents higher, many
with butressed bases; many of taller trees
«»scgyjsat with orchids, aroids, ferns, bromel-
iads, & numerous lianeá, epi * shrubs & tree
ground with dense growth of small shru-bs, u
derstorey trees & herbs, 1»Q0aLITY< 26 road
from Nuevo Nazareth (imacita J, near mouth 0
R* Ime-aa, on R* Karaiion, leading inland 2 k
to Carretera* Most of coll* from, or hear,
recently felled right-ofway. Whole area he'
IU at one time or another cut over by the
Aguarunas; with some farming, Peru, Dpto.
Amazonas, .Prov* Bagua, Dist* Senepa, 250-jjfoc
m elev• above sea leve1«
26 January - 18 February 1967
herbage medium green
«nnerfiA ÍiJStrOUB
slightly lustrous
?*§’ strobili erect on branchi et tips
PERU
Selaginella exaitata (Itunze) Spring
det. DBLellinger 1995
AMAZONAS: Pcia. Bagua, Distr. Cenepa: near
mouth of the R. Imaza, on R. Maraiion, lead-
ing inland to road from Imacita, 250-300 m
elev.
S. S. Tillett 672-114 26 Jan-18 Feb 1967
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