Epiphytes on Big Leaf Maple

One of the most accessible places to learn mosses and liverworts in the coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest is along the trunk of a big leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). This tree, on account of the rivulets and ridges that run down it and the dense and dichotomously branched canopy is a haven for thick carpets of bryophytes and a few other epiphytes. Below are photos of the some of the common species you might encounter. I'll try and add more as I encounter them.

Also in the comments below, @chlorophilia mentions a much more in depth repository of Big Leaf Maple epiphytes and associated that can be found here:

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=6604&place_id=any&verifiable=any&captive=any&view=species

Publicado el jueves, 28 de mayo de 2020 a las 03:15 AM por rambryum rambryum

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Arce de Hoja Grande (Acer macrophyllum)

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:09 PM PDT

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Trunk habit

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:10 PM PDT

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Showing tree-like habit and multiple sporophytes emerging from stem apex. On trunk of big leaf maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:11 PM PDT

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Showing undulose leaves in flattenned arrangement with sporophytes surrounded by leaves (immersed) and dense carpets on the trunk of bigleaf maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:15 PM PDT

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On trunk of bigleaf maple

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Helecho de Regaliz (Polypodium glycyrrhiza)

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:16 PM PDT

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On trunk of bigleaf maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:18 PM PDT

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On bigleaf maple showing pendant shoots, undulating leaves with acute apices and sporophytes with obvious stalk

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:20 PM PDT

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On trunk of bigleaf maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:22 PM PDT

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On trunk of bigleaf maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:23 PM PDT

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On trunk of bigleaf maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:33 PM PDT

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On trunk of bigleaf maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 27, 2020 a las 01:40 PM PDT

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On trunk of bigleaf maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 28, 2020 a las 01:58 PM PDT

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rambryum

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Mayo 28, 2020 a las 02:05 PM PDT

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Mayo 28, 2020 a las 02:06 PM PDT

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rambryum

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Mayo 28, 2020 a las 02:42 PM PDT

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On maple

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rambryum

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Mayo 28, 2020 a las 02:43 PM PDT

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On maple. Note overlapping leaves

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rambryum

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Mayo 28, 2020 a las 02:47 PM PDT

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On maple

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Mayo 28, 2020 a las 02:56 PM PDT

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On maple

Comentarios

This is an excellent post, rambryum. It will make these bryophytes much more interesting and more accessible to people. Would it be all right with you if I share your contribution on the Biodiversity Squamish FB Group Page?

Anotado por judithofsquamish hace casi 4 años

By all means. I still need to add about 10 more species of bryophytes and lichens:

Antitrichia curtipendula
Dendroalsia abi..
Isothecium stoloniferum
Orthotrichum lyallii
Plagiomnium venustum
Plagiomnium insigne
Porella navicularis
Zygodon ver.

Graphis scripta
Lobaria pulmonaria
Parmelia sulc.

Anotado por rambryum hace casi 4 años

Thank you for sharing this! I need to pay more attention to those epiphytes now :)

Anotado por jkaseman18 hace casi 4 años

Porella cordaeana is another common epiphyte on bigleaf maple

—great note Randal! You remind me that I had set up a project once upon a time toward a similar end!

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/epiphytic-associates-of-bigleaf-maple

Anotado por chlorophilia hace casi 4 años

I had no idea Plagiomnium could grow on a maple! So cool!!

Anotado por cellardoorx hace casi 2 años

With all the rain this spring, the bryophytes in Squamish are catching the eye of people 'out there' exploring. It's timely to re-post your wonderful journal entry, Randal/rambryum, to the Biodiversity Squamish FB group page, together with the link that Andrew/chlorophilia contributed. Thanks to both of you!

Anotado por judithofsquamish hace casi 2 años

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