RESEARCH PAPER
Addenda to the moss flora of the Polica Range in the Polish Western Carpathians.
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Instytut Botaniki im. W. Szafera Polskiej Akademii
Nauk, ul. Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Polska
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Katedra i Zakład Botaniki Farmaceutycznej i Zielarstwa, Wydział Nauk Farmaceutycznych, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Katowicach, ul. Ostrogórska 30, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Polska
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Instytut Ochrony i Inżynierii Środowiska, Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej, Polska
Online publication date: 2020-10-16
Publication date: 2020-10-16
Fragm. Flor. et Geobot. Pol. 2020; XXVII(2): 203-252
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ABSTRACT
An annotated list of 31 moss species from the Polica Range in the Beskidy Zachodnie
Mountains, Polish Western Carpathians, is provided. Of these, 15 species represent new records
for this mountain range, while 16 species have so far been considered to be very rare or rare in
this area. Tortula mucronifolia Schwägr. is excluded from the moss flora of the Polica Range and
the Beskidy Zachodnie. Bucklandiella affinis is recorded for the second time in the Polish Western
Carpathians. This species along with Schistidium trichodon var. trichodon is a new addition to the
moss flora of the Beskidy Zachodnie, whilst Ditrichum pusillum, Meesia uliginosa and Schistidium
elegantulum represent second records of the species concerned in these mountains. Four species of
moss, Schistidium elegantulum, S. trichodon var. trichodon, Bucklandiella affinis, Syntrichia latifolia
and Meesia uliginosa are known to occur exclusively in the Polica Range within the Beskid
Wysoki. Distribution of all species in the study area is mapped and for some species distribution
maps in the Polish Carpathians are provided. The moss flora of the Polica Range consists currently
of 278 species and 5 varieties. The diversity of the moss flora in the Beskidy Zachodnie is
discussed. The richest muscoflora has the Beskid Wysoki (355 species, 1 subspecies and 11 varieties)
which is followed by the Beskid Śląski (304 species and 3 varieties), the Gorce (286 species
and 9 varieties) and the Beskid Mały (260 species and 8 varieties). Within the Beskid Wysoki
Range the richest moss flora has the Babia Góra massif (280 species, 1 subspecies and 11 varieties)
and Polica Range (278 species and 5 varieties).