Tsegmed,
Ts. Moss
flora of Ikh Nart’s Rock (Dornogobi District, Mongolia)
Arctoa (2012) 21: 77-80
Ikh Nart’s Rock is
a resource area in the Gobi desert zone. The summer is characterized by very
hot weather with very rare rain. However shaded and sheltered faces of big
rocks are suitable for abundant moss growth, although the species diversity is
low, and only few species are present in many places here: Tortula
atrovirens, Syntrichia pagorum, Fabronia ciliaris, and Didymodon
rigidulus. Among 114 specimens collected in 2007 from the cliff formation
near Argali and Yangir resource center in Ikh Nart’s natural resource land, 26
species of 13 genera and 7 families were revealed.