Grabovik, S.I. & L.E. Nazarova. Linear increment of Sphagnum mosses on Karelian mires (Russia)

Arctoa (2013) 22: 23-26

 

Linear increment of Sphagnum majus, S. fallax, S. balticum, S. obtusum, and S. subsecundum was examined in 2001-2010. The study was carried out in the mid-taiga subzone, in Koivu-Lambasuo mire conservation area (61° 48' N and 33° 35' E), Karelia, Russia. The greatest linear increment was observed for all of the Sphagnum mosses studied during favorable vegetation periods with warm spring and warm, humid summer. The growing seasons in 2002 and 2010 showed a significant decrease in growth for S. balticum, S. fallax and S. obtusum. Such a decline  is  likely to result  from  dehydration of moss capitula.