Some rare pleurocarpous leafy mosses of Masalli region

Summary

Bryological studies were carried out in the forest, meadow, riverside, springside, roadside areas, around the villages of Masalli district of Azerbaijan. During the research, more than 50 samples of pleurocarp leafy mosses were collected in high mountainous areas, in the forest massif, on trees (hornbeam, oak, pistachio, walnut, hawthorn, and dogwood trees), on rotten stumps, on river banks, spring banks, and wet soil. Among them, rare species of pleurocarp mosses were found, which testifies to the richness of the biodiversity of bryophytes in the region. The main goal of the work is to study the species diversity, bioecological characteristics and distribution of pleurocarp mosses for Masalli region. The identified rare pleurocarp species are leafy mosses consisting of 3 species (Homalothecium sericeum (Hedw.) Schimp, Palustriella decipiens (De Not.) Ochyra, Drepanocladus aduncus (Hedw.) Warnst) belonging to 2 families and 3 genera. The article also provides information about their bioecological characteristics. As a result, according to bioecological characteristics, it was found that those species belong to 2 hygrophytic and 1 mesophytic species.

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