Meteorium buchananii (Brid.) Broth.

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  China

• State/Province

  Yunnan

• Locality

  Gaoligongshan Region; Fu-Gong County, Gaoligong Shan Range, southern end of the Hengduan Shan, Nu Jiang (Salween River) watershed, Yaping Pass Road, at switchbacks about 1 km above Shibali Forestry Field Station

• Elevation

  Alt. 2600 m. (8530 ft.)

• Coordinates

  27.1689, 98.7719

• Location Notes

  [Northern Asia]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

BRYOFLORA OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
YUNNAN PROVINCE, GAOLIGONGSHAN REGION
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Meteorium buchananii (Bridel) Brotherus
det. by Jim Shevock iv.2020
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FU-GONG COUNTY, CN
Gaoligong Shan Range, southern end of the Hengduan Shan. Nu Jiang
(Salween River) watershed. Yaping Pass Road, at switchbacks about 1
km above Shibali Forestry Field Station. Lat/Long: 27 degrees 10'08"
N, 98 degrees 46'19" E. Elev: 2600 m.
Mixed hardwood forest with Acer and Rhododendron. Along
streamlet. On hardwood branches.
James R. Shevock 25307	2 May 2004
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Coll. No.
LIGHT: sunny, open, filtered, partial shade, full shade
WATER: dryjmesic, moist, seep, wet, saturated, submerged to_m
T0P0(jTTT3ge, swale, valley, trail, roadsid^)
HABITAT: deriSg/^P^^cut forestj^oodTana, savannah, grassland, heath,
chaparral, tropic3lr5ub-tropic3lTtemperate, subalpine, alpine, desert,
riparian, spring/seep, meadow, bog/fen, swamp, pond, lake, vernal pool,
river/stream/creek bank, intermittent streamlet, rivulet, rheophytic
SUBSTRATE: igneous (granite, volcanic), metamorphic (slate, shale,
marble, limestone), sedimentary (sandstone), other_
Soil: sand, loam, gravel, clay, rocky, litter, humus, peat
Rock: outcrop, cliff, crevice, top/wall of boulder, rock-slab, underhang
Tfee£base, buttress, trunk, stump, snag, log, fallen/dead/rotten trunk,
"??brSnc^ exposed roots, harkr leafr .«ghnih. climber, liana,_m above ground
% TypeTconifer, podocarp,1iardwood^ree fern, palm, bamboo.
Dominant plants:_*- —_ '
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