Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

FRONDIFEROUS MOSSES OF ACER TRAUTVETTERY COMMUNITY IN THE CAUCASUS

Kh. M. Khetagurov, G.Ya. Doroshina, I.A. Nikolaev, A.B. Bazaev, A.V. Gryazkin and A.G. Vaniev

Abstract

The article presents a list composed of 78 species of frondiferous mosses growing in Acer trautvettery communities of the Caucasian endemic. The region of the Central Caucasus (the Terek River basin), as well as the Rioni and Bzyb rivers’ basins were studied to the greatest extent. The substrate association of the mosses’ species was revealed.