Section

Ecology

Title

DIVERSITY AND CENOTIC FEATURES OF EPIPHITE MOSSES AND LICHENS IN THE INDIGENOUS FORESTS OF THE EAST SIKHOTE-ALIN

Сontributors

V. F. Maximova, Ph. D. (Geography), Associate Professor, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;

E.I. Golubeva, Ph. D. (Biology), Dr. Habil., Professor, Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract

The analysis of the species diversity of epiphytic mosses and lichens in the indigenous forests of the Middle Sikhote-Alin, their association with certain tree species, patterns of distribution on the trunks depending on the height and cardinal directions have been carried out. Strict confinement of epiphytic mosses to certain tree species has not been noted, but some species still show considerable attraction toward certain species of trees. Inclined trunks are a special ecotope for settling epiphytic mosses. A vast majority of lichen species grow only on the trunk proper, not lowering below 0,5 m along the trunk, and are true epiphytes. The flora of mosses and lichens of the Sikhote-Alin has a pronounced, nemoralis character. It is composed of East Asian species, widely distributed in the broad-leaved forests of China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula.

Keywords

theSikhote-Alin, epiphytic mosses and lichens, indigenous forests, bryoflora, bio-geocenosis.

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