Claim · model-written summary
Dicranoweisia cirrata, Isothecium alopecuroides and Orthotrichum macrocephalum are new to the Rif Mountains.
- Taxon
- Dicranoweisia cirrata, Isothecium alopecuroides and Orthotrichum macrocephalum
Dicranoweisia cirrata
Isothecium alopecuroides
Orthotrichum macrocephalume3 - Outcome
- new to the Rif Mountainse3
- Setting
- Rif Mountainse3
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Verbatim
t0“epiphytic bryophyte flora”
e3“Dicranoweisia cirrata, Isothecium alopecuroides and Orthotrichum macrocephalum, new to the Rif Mountains”
Title
A survey of the epiphytic bryophyte flora of the Rif and Tazzeka Mountains (northern Morocco)
I. Draper; V. Mazimpaka; B. Albertos; et al. Journal of Bryology 2005. doi:10.1179/174328205x40554
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Observation The epiphytic bryophyte catalogue of the Rif Mountains includes 72 taxa.
- Observation Hypnum resupinatum and Tortula israelis are new records for northern Africa.
- Observation Antitrichia curtipendula and Cryphaea heteromalla are new to Morocco.
- Observation Altitude and humidity are the main factors determining the composition of epiphytic bryophyte communities.
- Observation The epiphytic stratum is best developed at the highest altitudes on the Principal chain and Tazzeka Mountain.
- Observation Orthotrichum taxa dominate or co-dominate the epiphytic communities at the highest altitudes.
- Observation O. lyellii and Antitrichia californica co-dominate the epiphytic communities in montane zones.
- Observation O. speciosum var. brevisetum and Pterigynandrum filiforme co-dominate the epiphytic communities at the highest altitudes.
- Association In lower areas the abundance of epiphytic bryophytes depends on humidity conditions and forest canopy.
- Observation The best preserved forests, exposed to oceanic winds, are dominated by hygrophilous taxa.
- Observation Dry forests are dominated by the thermophilous Orthotrichum tenellum.
- Observation Ubiquitous species Orthotrichum diaphanum and Bryum capillare are abundant in disturbed forests.