Presentation Year

2017

Depreciated Participant

Millen McCordBiological SciencesUndergraduate Student,Lucy KerhoulasForestry & Wildland ResourcesFaculty

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

We inventoried the epiphyte community in one 87 m tall Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) tree in the Redwood Experimental Forest north of Klamath, CA. For our inventory, we sampled approximately 5% of trunk, segment, branch, and branchlet area and found over 50 species of epiphytes. Functional groups of these epiphytes include microlichens, macrolichens, leafy liverworts, mosses, and ferns. For all epiphyte samples we estimated percent cover for spatial analyses of within-crown epiphyte distribution relative to crown height and distance from the bole. In this project we showcase some of the impressive biological diversity and introduce viewers to a variety of lesser-known botanical species.

Permission to Publish Work

Yes

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213

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