The Bryophytes of the Southern Curonian Spit (Baltic Sea coast)

Abstract

We present a first overview of the bryophyte flora of the Russian part of the Curonian Spit as part of the Kaliningrad Province, Baltic Sea region. Based on more than ten years of field investigation, herbarium revisions and literature studies, a total of 223 taxa of bryophytes are recorded, of which 203 species, one subspecies and three varieties were found within the past 30 years and 15 species are known only from old literature quotations. Bryum elegans, B. klinggraeffii, Dicranum tauricum, Ephemerum minutissimum, Rhynchostegium megapolitanum and Schistidium crassipilum are recorded as new for the territory of the Kaliningrad Province. We give comments on main habitats and distribution of all species and additional notes on invasive and rare species. РезюмеНа основе обработки и анализа бриологических материалов, собранных в ходе десятилетнего полевого исследования в национальном парке «Куршская коса» (южная часть, относящаяся к Калининградской области РФ), а также с учётом ревизии литературных и гербарных данных впервые после 1945 г. приводится список мохообразных для данной территории, отнесённой к объектам всемирного наследия ЮНЕСКО. Список насчитывает 223 вида и внутривидовых таксонов из всех трёх классов отдела Bryophyta, из которых 203 вида, 1 подвид и 3 формы найдены за последние 30 лет; 15 видов известны только по старым литературным источникам. Виды Bryum elegans, B. klinggraeffii, Dicranum tauricum, Ephemerum minutissimum, Rhynchostegium megapolitanum и Schistidium crassipilum являются новыми для Калининградской области. Список снабжён комментариями о распространении видов и основных местообитаниях, а для адвентивных и редких видов -дополнительными примечаниями.

Distinction ofCladonia reiandC. subulatabased on molecular, chemical and morphological characteristics

“…Cladonia innominata predominates further to the east in Europe, i. e., in Poland (Kowalewska et al 2008) and in the Kaliningrad Oblast (Dolnik & Petrenko 2003). Cladonia innominata predominates further to the east in Europe, i. e., in Poland (Kowalewska et al 2008) and in the Kaliningrad Oblast (Dolnik & Petrenko 2003).…”

First records of Lecanora semipallida (lichenized fungi) from Romania

“…Most likely it was also recorded under the name L. flotov [w]iana, e.g., John (1996), diederich and Sérusiaux (2000), dolnik andPetrenko (2003), clerc (2004) and Mayrhofer et al (2005). in the latter case, however, any renaming of specimens should be made only after their thorough and critical re-determination since the name L. flotoviana has been found to have been applied to a range of different species.…”

Coastal Lichens

“…Among these species, Verrucaria maura, V. mucosa, Lichina confinis, and Caloplaca scopularis were listed as marine species (Zhdanov and Dudoreva 2003). On the Baltic Sea coast in the southern part of the Curonian Spit (the southern), 122 species of lichens from all types of substrates are listed (Dolnik and Petrenko 2003). The authors have emphasized the fact that the littoral and supralittoral zones differ significantly in species composition.…”