Kaganov, V.V. & T.I. Koroteeva. 2022. Mosses and liverworts of the main
tree species of riparian forests in the middle part of Sakhalin Island
(Russian Far East)
Arctoa (2022) 31:
185–190
doi: 10.15298/arctoa.31.20
Mosses and liverworts of the most widespread deciduous
trees of the riparian forests in the middle part of Sakhalin, Russian Far East are presented. The
study includes Tym’ and Poronai
rivers basins where the 15 localities were studied. Ten species of liverworts
and 62 species of mosses were recorded on tree trunks and their bases. Most
frequent epiphytes in this area are Anomodon
thraustus, Anomodontella longifolia, Homalia trichomanoides, Neckera pennata, Plagiomnium acutum, Pylaisia polyantha, and P. condensata.
All hepatics were found only in few localities, and on few trunks. The maximal
number of bryospecies has been recorded on Populus maximowiczii,
58, Salix udensis, 25, Alnus
hirsuta and Ulmus
spp., 23 species. Six and nine species have been
identified for Fraxinus mandshurica
and Chosenia arbutifolia,
respectively. The epiphytic bryoflora of the study
area has less than half of species in common with the epiphytic bryofloras of Kamchatka, 28 species (45%) and southern Primorsky
Territory, 26 species
(41%). A number of epiphytic moss species were found in middle part of Sakhalin for the first time: Anomodon
thraustus, Fissidens cf.
bryoides, Rauiella
fujisana.