Bryophlora of Old Tree Plantation - Former Managed Forest in Stradch Arboretum

Volume 5 - Issue 3

Pundiak Oleh*

Received: June 24, 2020;   Published: July 14, 2020

DOI: 10.32474/OAJESS.2020.05.000213

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Abstract

In this work we screened for the diversity of bryophytes on the protected tree plantation (14 years ago it was used as managed forest) in Stradch Arboretum. It was shown that the majority of all bryophyte taxa identified were mosses (28 taxa), only 6 species belonged to liverworts. Terricolous moss coverage was about 0,07%. It confirms relatively low anthropogenic pressure on the plot. The number of noted taxa, which clearly preferred epixilic habitat and their mats surface were considerably lesser than such quantities for other taxa occurring on dead wood. Such a poverty of all identified liverworts and epixylic bryophytes, which is peculiar for managed forests points on low recovering rate of these bryophyte groups.

Keywords: Mosses; Liverworts; Epiphytes; Epixyles; Epigeics; Generalists

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