Bai, X.-L., D.-P. Zhao, B.C. Tan, E.A. Ignatova & M.S.
Ignatov. Mosses of Picea crassifolia forest in Helanshan (Ningxia, China)
Arctoa (2011) 20: 81-86
An unusual xerophytic composition of mosses in Qinghai spruce (Picea
crassifolia) forest in Helanshan is discussed. Abietinella
abietina, Hypnum vaucheri, Pseudostereodon procerrimus, Trachycystis
ussuriensis and Timmia bavarica are dominants of the moss layer
under dense canopy of spruce. This composition is somewhat similar to that in P.
schrenkiana forest in Middle Asia.