Mosses checklist of Yugyd Va National Park, Subpolar and Northern Urals, European North-East Russia
Checklist contains data on moss flora of Yugyd va National Park, located in the Subpolar and Northern Urals, European North-East Russia (Russian Federation, Komi Republic). It is summarizes data noted by long-term bryological explorations in remote areas of the Subpolar and Northern Urals from 1943...
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Institute of Biology of Komi Scientific Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2018
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/n5fwql https://www.gbif.org/dataset/a3846a81-c16c-40ad-a223-7dbb1caadfe2 |
| Summary: | Checklist contains data on moss flora of Yugyd va National Park, located in the Subpolar and Northern Urals, European North-East Russia (Russian Federation, Komi Republic). It is summarizes data noted by long-term bryological explorations in remote areas of the Subpolar and Northern Urals from 1943 to 2015, and from studies published since 1915. Yugyd Va National Park is the largest protected area in the Komi Republic. The area of Yugyd Va is 35% of the total area of all the Komi Republic’s protected areas. Yugyd Va National Park and Pechora-Ilych Nature Reserve (the latter being adjacent to the southern part of the National Park) were recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, the Virgin Komi Forests, in 1995. This territory is a remnant of the largest intact forest area in Europe. This area is a refugium for many animal and plant species that are endangered or have disappeared in other places, and function as a source of genetic diversity for many boreal species’ populations. The moss flora of Yugyd Va National Park contains a high diversity of species, especially taking into account the fact that surveys of the whole territory have not yet concluded because of the inaccessibility of the region. It includes 302 taxa of mosses belonging to 112 genera and 36 families. At the same time, there are no endemic taxa. Most of the species are typical members of the Boreal and Holarctic bryoflora. In the investigated territory there are 17 rare species of mosses that are included in the “Red Data Book of the Komi Republic” (Taskaev 2009), and three of these species (Stereodon plicatulus, Bryum rutilans, and Pseudocalliergon lycopodioides) are included in the Red Data Book of European Bryophytes (1995). |
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