Niebla contorta is a fruticose lichen that grows along the fog regions of the Pacific Coast of North America on the Vizcaíno Peninsula and on the Isla Santa Margarita of Baja California. The epithet, contorta, is in regard to the twisted branches of the thallus.[1]
^Spjut, R. W. 1996. Niebla and Vermilacinia (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14
Nieblacontorta is a fruticose lichen that grows along the fog regions of the Pacific Coast of North America on the Vizcaíno Peninsula and on the Isla...
indicate that N. isidiaescens was derived from N. contorta, in contrast to Niebla flagelliforma. Niebla usneoides is a similar species distinguished by...
cortical ridges; Niebla laminaria that has a thicker cortex; Nieblacontorta, distinguished by the smaller thallus, and finally Niebla juncosa that differs...
vein-like cortical ridges between margins, Nieblacontorta distinguished by the obtuse branch margins, and Niebla undulata that differs by having a smooth...
cortical ridges, Niebla rugosa that differs by the ladder-like transverse cortical ridges between branch margins, and Nieblacontorta that is recognized...
a digitate (palmate) fashion. The overall appearance is much like Nieblacontorta as exemplified by the image of its type from near Bahía Asunción. These...
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