The bryoflora of Khosta' Taxus
and Buxus forest (strictly protected area, a part of Caucasian State
Reserve) is described. This is the only strictly protected area in coastal zone
of Black Sea in Russia. 28 species of liverworts and 100 mosses were revealed.
Among them are many species, which were never found in Russian Caucasus far
from the Black Sea, e. g. Leptodon smithii, Eurhynchium flotovianum,
Kindbergia praelonga, Plasteurhynchium striatulum, Pseudoscleropodium purum,
Scorpiurium circinatum, Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri, O. pumilum, Rhynchostegiella
teneriffae. An overview of vegetation is given, along with the
circumscription of characteristic bryophyte groups of the most widespread
habitat types.