New occurrence of rare protected moss species Buxbaumia viridis (Bryopsida, Buxbaumiaceae) in the Białowieża Forest

Szczepaniuk, Anna; Kucharzyk, Jan

doi:10.12657/steciana.020.011

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“…Until recently, within the Białowieża Forest, only the occurrence of B. aphylla -the species prevalent in lowland Poland -was observed, where it grows on mineral soils in pine forests (Szafran 1957, Atherton et al, 2010.…”

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New location of the moss Buxbaumia viridis in the Białowieża Forest

Gawryś

Szulc

2017

Forest Research Papers

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This paper describes a new occurrence and location of the green shield moss Buxbaumia viridis (Moug. ex Lam. & DC.) Brid. ex Moug. & Nestl. in the Białowieża Forest. One sporophyte was found on a decaying spruce log. However, its existence and the present environmental conditions of the site are threatened by the death of spruce trees. The dying of the spruce trees is expected for the near future and will lead to altered shade conditions impacting on the shield moss.

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“…in contrast, Buxbaumia viridis occurs rarely in Poland, mainly in the carpathians and the Sudety mts., as well as in Poland's lake districts (Szafran 1957;Szmajda et al 1991;Chachuła, Vončina 2010;Hajek 2008Hajek , 2010Hajek , 2012. The species was also reported from the Świętokrzyskie Mts.…”

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New location of the moss Buxbaumia viridis in the Białowieża Forest

Gawryś

Szulc

2017

Forest Research Papers

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“…This is consistent with the findings of Holá et al [23], Gawryś and Szulc [49], and Deme et al [40] and contradicts the view that only protected areas (nature reserves and national parks such as the BNP) provide suitable habitats for the studied moss species [25] and that strict legal protection is the best way of maintaining B. viridis localities [1]. Thus, calls for creating protective zones around B. viridis localities in managed forests are unsubstantiated [1,10,19,20,31,34,50]. It should be expected that, in addition to the presence of its preferred substrates, the occurrence of B. viridis is determined by factors other than silvicultural procedures, e.g., air humidity [28] and substrate pH or nitrogen/phosphorus proportions [51].…”

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“…To date, in Poland, B. viridis has been mostly reported to occur on spruce and fir deadwood, less often on beech deadwood [1,5], and only occasionally on humus or mineral soil [8,9]. In 2016, B. viridis was reported for the first time on oak deadwood in the Białowieża Forest, with 78 sporophytes growing on two logs [10]. The current study confirmed that the most suitable substrate for B. viridis is A. alba (its presence was a prerequisite for the selection of survey areas).…”

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“…In Poland, B. viridis has been mostly reported on fir and spruce and less often on beech deadwood [1,5], with a few occurrences on humus or mineral soil [8,9]. In 2016, in the Białowieża Forest, B. viridis was first reported on oak deadwood (Quercus robur L.) with 78 sporophytes identified on two logs [10]. Due to its strong reliance on dead and decomposing wood, the species is strictly associated with forest habitats and occurs in a variety of forest communities: the Carpathian beech forest Dentario glandulosae-Fagetum (and especially its sub-community, the Carpathian fir forest Dentario glandulosae-Fagetum abietetosum), thermophilous fir forest (Carici albae-Fagetum abietetosum), thermophilous beech forest (Carici albae-Fagetum typicum), acidophilous beech forest (Luzulo pilosae-Fagetum), oak-lime-hornbeam forest (Tilio-Carpinetum), and oak-hornbeam forest (Stellario-Carpinetum) [1].…”

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Occurrence of the Green Shield-Moss Buxbaumia viridis (Moug.) Brid. in the Bieszczady Mountains of Poland

Brewczyński¹,

Grałek²,

Bilański

2021

Forests

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The small-sized gametophytes and sporophytes of the green shield-moss Buxbaumia viridis (Moug.) Brid. make it difficult to study. However, in Europe, there has been increasing interest in this species in the past few years, mostly as a result of the implementation of the Natura 2000 network. In Poland, B. viridis has only been reported in isolated studies that have been limited in terms of area and the number of participating workers. One of the Polish regions where B. viridis was recently recorded is the Bieszczady Mountains, but there have been no large-scale surveys of that region to date. The objective of the current work was to describe the B. viridis population in the Bieszczady Mountains in terms of its spatial distribution and abundance, investigate its selected microhabitat preferences, and evaluate the conservation status of this moss species within the Natura 2000 site Bieszczady PLC180001. The studied region encompassed 93,490.44 ha, including 69,056.23 ha of managed forests and 24,434.21 ha of forests belonging to the Bieszczady National Park. A preliminary survey was conducted in the Cisna Forest District (forest area of 19,555.82 ha) on 15-17 November 2017, while the main survey was performed in selected forest subcompartments of four forest districts—Baligród, Komańcza, Lutowiska, and Stuposiany—as well as the Bieszczady National Park from 5 to 16 November 2018. The field work consisted of searching for B. viridis sporophytes and setae and recording selected population and locality characteristics. The study led to the discovery of 353 new B. viridis localities in 202 study areas, with 9197 diploid individuals (sporophytes or setae only) growing in 545 microhabitats. The number of B. viridis localities discovered in the Bieszczady Mountains during 17 days of survey in 2017 and 2018 was two times higher than the combined number of localities previously found in Poland over more than 150 years (159 localities). Additionally, the number of sporophytes and setae identified was two times greater than their overall number in previous records. In addition, this study provides information about selected microhabitat preferences and the conservation status of this moss in the Bieszczady Natura 2000 site.

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New records of Buxbaumia viridis (Buxbaumiaceae bryophyta) in the Sudetes

Torzewski¹,

Kozienko²,

Rajsz³

2018

Steciana

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absTracT. Buxbaumia viridis is a rare, epixylous moss species with boreal range of occurrence. It prefers native, coniferous, spruce-fir forests. Historically the species was recorded several in the Sudetes, but now only two locations are known in this mountain range. In 2017 five unknown B. viridis populations were found in Góry Sowie Landscape Park in the vicinity of Bielawa, in the Bardzkie Mountains near Bardo Ślą-skie, and in the Sudety Wałbrzyskie Landscape Park on the eastern slope of Waligóra.

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New occurrence of rare protected moss species Buxbaumia viridis (Bryopsida, Buxbaumiaceae) in the Białowieża Forest

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New location of the moss Buxbaumia viridis in the Białowieża Forest

New location of the moss Buxbaumia viridis in the Białowieża Forest

Occurrence of the Green Shield-Moss Buxbaumia viridis (Moug.) Brid. in the Bieszczady Mountains of Poland

New records of Buxbaumia viridis (Buxbaumiaceae bryophyta) in the Sudetes

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