Pteris cretica L.

• Region

  North America

• Country

  Mexico

• State/Province

  Veracruz

• Locality

  Along Mex. Hwy. 140 through extensive lava flow called "El Volcancillo," 26.5 km by road NW of Jalapa, 1.7 km W of La Jolla.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2200 m. (7218 ft.)

• Coordinates

  19.63, -97.1

• Location Notes

  [Mexico & Central America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Rare*
Plants of MEXICO
Pteris cretica L.
VERACRUZ: along Mex. Hwy. lUO through exten-
sive lava flow called "El Volcancillo," 26.5
3m by road NW of Jalapa, 1.7 km W of La Jolla
Alt. 2200 m.
(19 38fN, 97 06fw7Tl
Mesic forest of oaks and scattered pines on
steep-sided hill (non-volcanic? soil clayey,
without rocks). standing out of the very rough
porous rocky lava flow below, with AlnuSj -
several ferns, Solanum nodtflorumj 5. appen-
diculatum3 S'Legesbeok'La jorullensis.
Dept. Botany, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison, Mexican research
trip, summer 1978. Participants: CiJ. Breckon, M.E.
Breckon, S. Caughlan, T.S. Cochrane, B.A. Cochrane, C.M.
Corcoran, G. Diggs, D.A. Kolterman, & M.A. Raveret.
July 19, 1978
No*: 8576
Colls.: Theodore S. Cochrane, with
BAC., CMC., GMD., DAK,, SC., & MAR.
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