First record of the rare boreo-alpine moss Herzogiella striatella (Brid.) Z. Iwats. in the Western Balkans

The rare boreo-alpine moss Herzogiella striatella was found on Mt Snježnik (W Croatia) in 2015 and constitutes the first national record. Two populations were recorded inside an old and hardly accessible spruce forest on steep boulders (Lonicero caerulae-Piceetum) along the Frankopanski Put hiking p...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Natura Croatica
Main Authors: Šegota, Vedran, Dragićević, Snežana, Rimac, Anja, Alegro, Antun
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Croatian Natural History Museum 2023
Subjects:
Boreal taxa
bryophytes
Croatian Dinaric Alps
spruce forests
Mt Snježnik
snowbed vegetation
Arctic
Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/304684
https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/439348
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Summary:The rare boreo-alpine moss Herzogiella striatella was found on Mt Snježnik (W Croatia) in 2015 and constitutes the first national record. Two populations were recorded inside an old and hardly accessible spruce forest on steep boulders (Lonicero caerulae-Piceetum) along the Frankopanski Put hiking path. The markedly cool and humid microclimate ensured by small karst dolines within the forest shapes the specific bryophyte species composition with the elements of snowbed and timberline pine krummholz vegetation and the domination of boreal and arctic taxa. Due to its pronounced isolation from other European populations, the species is certainly of relict origin in Croatian Dinaric Alps.

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