Terrestrial Bryophyte and Lichen Responses to Canopy Opening in Pine-Moss-Lichen Forests

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Dale H. Vitt, Laura Finnegan, Melissa House
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: bryophyte; caribou; Cladonia; ground layer; lichen; moss; Pinus contorta; reindeer lichen; feather moss; Plant ecology; QK900-989; Canada; Rocky Mountain Foothills; Rangifer tarandus; Reindeer lichen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f10030233; https://doaj.org/article/4a8529ecb2f147cba87502f6dcfd4b2d

Pinus contorta-dominated montane forests of western Canada with relatively dense tree canopies have ground layers with abundant bryophytes, especially the feather mosses (Pleurozium schreberi and Hylocomium splendens), while those with more open canopies are dominated by species of reindeer lichens,...