Model
Digital Document
Publisher
Florida Atlantic University
Description
Cladonia perforata is an endangered lichen endemic to the Atlantic Coastal
Ridge, Lake Wales Ridge, Southwest Florida, and the North Gulf Coast of Florida. In all
but a single locality, C. perforata relies entirely on asexual reproduction through
fragmentation for reproduction, dispersal, and recruitment. This study suggests a positive
correlation between fragment size and survivability of fragments after one year. The
average thallus grew at a rate of 10.42% per year and younger branches of a thallus grew
at a quicker rate than older branches. Additionally, a review of thalli morphology
suggests C. perforata has a diverse form, and becomes more bifurcated as it increases in
size.
Ridge, Lake Wales Ridge, Southwest Florida, and the North Gulf Coast of Florida. In all
but a single locality, C. perforata relies entirely on asexual reproduction through
fragmentation for reproduction, dispersal, and recruitment. This study suggests a positive
correlation between fragment size and survivability of fragments after one year. The
average thallus grew at a rate of 10.42% per year and younger branches of a thallus grew
at a quicker rate than older branches. Additionally, a review of thalli morphology
suggests C. perforata has a diverse form, and becomes more bifurcated as it increases in
size.
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