Niebla undulata is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks in the fog zone along the Pacific Coast of Baja California in the Northern Vizcaíno Desert, and also in the Channel Islands (Santa Cruz Island).[1] The epithet, undulata, is in reference to the wavy margins of the thallus.
^Spjut, R. W. 1996. Niebla and Vermilacinia (Ramalinaceae) from California and Baja California. Sida Bot. Misc. 14
Nieblaundulata is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks in the fog zone along the Pacific Coast of Baja California in the Northern Vizcaíno Desert,...
closely related Nieblaundulata, covering a subfistulose medulla, the cortex eroding on terminal branches, the medulla exposed. Niebla sorocarpia is also...
vein-like cortical ridges between margins, Niebla contorta distinguished by the obtuse branch margins, and Nieblaundulata that differs by having a smooth recessed...
most similar to Nieblaundulata, which differs by having the lichen substance of divaricatic acid, instead of sekikaic acid. Niebla lobulata was first...
Nieblaundulata that differs in having smooth recessed cortical areas between ridges. The species (N. siphonoloba) seems to form hybrids with Niebla suffnessii...
Other similar species are Niebla caespitosa, distinguished by the more flattened branches with jagged margins, N. undulata, distinguished by its larger...
species are Niebla turgida, which differs by the bushy growth (larger thallus with more than 20 branches) with long tapered branches, Nieblaundulata, distinguished...
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