Niebla fimbriata

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Niebla and Vermilacinia (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California.  
Spjut, R.W., 1996. ISSN 0833-1475, 208 pp.  
Sida, Botanical Miscellany: 14. Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Inc.

 


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Punta Blanca, Spjut & Marin 11454, Apr 1990

 

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San Antonio del Mar, Spjut & Marin 11177, Apr 1990

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Punta Canoas, Spjut & Marin 13031, Apr 1994

Punta Canoas, Spjut & Marin 13079, Apr 1994

Punta Canoas, Spjut & Marin 13111, Apr 1994

San Antonio del Mar, Spjut 10232, Mar 1988

 

SW of el Rosario along
road to Punta Baja,
Spjut 10288b, Mar 1988

Cañón San Fernando, BCN
Spjut & Marin 12729,
March 1993

Arroyo Sauces just S of Punta Cuchillo between Punta Canoas and Punta Blanca, Spjut & Marin 11448
April 1990

Geographica Distribution

Illustration of TLC data for Niebla spp.

  

 

     Niebla fimbriata is characterized by having sekikaic acid and fimbriate (fringed) branches.  The cortex is generally brittle and dark green with frequent dimples or ripples, in contrast to the leathery, turgid, pale yellowish cortex of N. suffnessii.  Unlike most sekikaic acid species in Baja California, N. fimbriata has a pigmented thallus as evident in the photos above by the blackish color just above the holdfast at the base of the branches.  This lichen is most common in the chaparral-desert transition between San Quintín and Cabo Colonet, especially on lava rubble above San Antonio del Mar, where occurring mostly with N. josevuervoi.  It appears less frequently south of San Quintín, known from as far south as Arroyo Sauces just north of Punta Blanca.

     Niebla fimbriata also occurs in the Channel Islands on Santa Cruz Island.  Collections by Charis Bratt appear most similar to those from near Punta Canoas in Baja California.