The annotated check-list of
liverworts of Sikhote-Alin Reserve is provided. The Reserve occupies the East
and West macroslopes of the Middle Sikhote-Alin Mts. (44°49'–45°41';
135°48'–136°34' E; 0–1593 m alt.; area – 3870 sq. km). Its territory is within
the East Asiatic coniferous-broad-leaved and South-Okhotsky dark-coniferous
forest geobotanic regions, with upper belt having mountain tundra above 1200 m
alt.; the latter area was treated by the Quaternary Glaciation. Eight liverwort
species occurring in the upper belts of Pinus pumila and Betula
ermanii are new for Primorsky Territory. Scapania irrigua, S. cf.
lingulata, S. mucronata, S. paludicola, Marsupella
commutata appear to be new for the territory too, Orthocaulis attenuatus
is new for the south of Russian Far East and Scapania bolanderi is new
for Russia. Altogether 89 liverwort species from 46 genera are found in the
Reserve, that is the highest number of species among all investigated reserved
floras in the South of Russian Far East. The hepatic flora of the Sikhote-Alin
Reserve is resembling to the floras of the Khingansky Reserve (Amurskaya Province),
Komsomolsky and Bolshekhekhzirsky Reserves (Khabarovsk Territory) and Lazovsky
Reserve (Primorsky Territory). The abbreviations in the species list are as
follow: UN – 1-2 collections; R – 3-4; Sp – 5-7; Fr – 8-10; Com – more than 10;
numbers correspond to the collecting localities in Fig. 1.