The annual excursion of the Nordic Bryological Society (NBS) and the Finnish Bryophyte Expert Group to Finnish Lapland in 2019

• Main Authors: Ervasti Esa, Pihlaja Kati, Juutinen Riikka, Neumann Antje, Kangas Pia, Flatberg Kjell Ivar, Hassel Kristian, Kuitunen Tuomo, Syrjänen Kimmo, Lüth Michael, Mikulášková Eva, Zielman Rudi, Åkesson Richard, Sallantaus Tapani
• Other Authors: biodiversiteetti- ja ympäristönäytepankki, Biodiversiteetti- ja ympäristönäytepankki, 2606017
• Language: English
• Published: Dutch Bryological and Lichenological Society and Nordic Bryological Society 2022
• Subjects: Kittilä; Kolari; Laxa; Sodankylä; Northern Finland; Lapland; Lappi
• Online Access: https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/163050

The Nordic Bryological Society held its Annual meeting and excursion from 5 to 9 August 2019 in Sodankylä, Kittilä and Kolari in northern Finland. The excursion was attended by twenty-one participants. Special emphasis was given to boreal aapa mires and their Sphagnum species. A multitude of Sphagnum species typical to the area was encountered. Also, Red Listed species of meso- and eutrophic flark fens were discovered, e.g. Hamatocaulis vernicosus, H. lapponicus, Meesia longiseta, Schistochilopsis grandiretis and Moerckia flotoviana. Sphagnum annulatum, S. flexuosum, S. divinum, Heterogemma laxa and Scapania umbrosa were collected for the first time from Kittilän Lappi biogeographical province. Sphagnum annulatum, S. divinum, Campylium laxifolium, Pohlia sphagnicola, Gymnocolea borealis and Heterogemma laxa were collected for the first time from Sompion Lappi biogeographical province. In total, 54 records of Red Listed species were made.