Abakarova, A.S., V.E. Fedosov & G.Ya. Doroshina. Mosses of Tsudakhar
(Dagestan, Caucasus)
Arctoa
(2015) 24: 536-540
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.24.45
Moss
flora of Tsudakhar Biological Station vicinity and
State Nature Monument «Carpinus forest» in Dagestan
is studied. 111 species are revealed and this rather low diversity is explained
by xeric climatic conditions. At the same time, the flora includes several rare
and interesting species: Indusiella thianschanica, Jaffueliobryum latifolium, Orthotrichum dagestanicum common with Middle and Central Asia. In
Europe these species are restricted to the Caucasus, and Dagestan is the only
place where Indusiella and Orthotrichum dagestanicum
are known in Europe. Widespread tropical Pseudosymblepharis
bombayensis is another rare species, which is
known in Europe only in Dagestan. Lindbergia
grandiretis is a species with restricted
distribution in Caucasus and South Siberia.