Frequency of bryophytes occurrence in epiphytic communities

Abstract

Frequency of bryophytes occurrence in epiphytic communities of broad-leaved forests of Vorskla River valley and their ecology-biologic peculiarities are analysed. Distinct relations of bryophyte species to specific wood species are not found, while some species, i.e. Hypnum pallescens (Hedw.) P. Beauv., Platygyrium repens (Brid.) B. S. G., Bryum subelegans Kindb. are attached to Quercus robur L., but Radula complanata (L.) Dum., Leskeеlla nervosa (Brid.) Loeske and species of the Anomodon genus − to Fraxinus excelsior L.