Mosses of the key plot “Mirnyy”, Salair Ridge, Altai-Sayan Mountain region.
Citation
Pisarenko O (2021). Mosses of the key plot “Mirnyy”, Salair Ridge, Altai-Sayan Mountain region.. Version 1.2. Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/htywxs accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The dataset includes a list of moss species registered on the area of a key plot about 20x10 km situated at the foot of the eastern leeward macroslopes of the Salair ridge, in the belt of Pinus and Betula forests, at altitudes 230-300 m. The list includes 101 species, samples are in NSK (USU 440537). The work is under support of RFBR № 18-04-00822Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Salair ridge is northwestern spur of the Altai-Sayan mountain system. That is a low peneplain, indistinctly expressed in relief with average altitudes ca. 400 m. Macroslopes of Salair are asymmetric, the eastern one being steep, while the western is more gentle. The ridge surface is covered with a thick layer of quaternary sediments, mainly eolian loess, which is especially thick on the western slope. Rocky outcrops occur mainly in river valleys. Annual precipitation is about 1000 mm on the western slope, declining to 400 mm in the rain shadow on the eastern one. The ridge is totally within the forest belt. But the forest belt is heterogeneous: the difference in local climates, supported by differences in drainage, provides differentiation of forest vegetation. The largest areas are occupied by black fir-aspen forests (Abies sibirica + Populus tremula), the communities form continuous carpet covering the gently sloping watersheds. On the leeward steep and drier eastern macroslope of the ridge, mesophilic grassy pine and birch forests prevaile; the key plot “Mitnyy” is а spot of well-preserved native vegetation here.
Bibliographic Citations
- Pisarenko O.Yu. 2014. Mosses of Salair-Kuznetsk region (Altai-Sayan mountain country) and adjacent plains of West Siberia // Arctoa. V.23 p. 33-58. doi 10.15298/arctoa.23.06 -
- Pisarenko O.Yu. 2007. Mosses. In: Flora Salairskogo kriaja. (ed. N.N.Lashchinsky). Novosibirsk, Geo. P.137-154. (in Russian). [Писаренко О.Ю. 2007. Листостебельные мхи. // Флора Салаирского кряжа. (под ред. Н.Н.Лащинского). Новосибирск: Гео. С. 137-154.] -
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Olga Pisarenko
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position: Researcher
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, SB RAS
Russkaia, 3, 142
Novosibirsk
630058
RU
email: o_pisarenko@mail.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4108-4821
Olga Pisarenko
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position: Researcher
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, SB RAS
Russkaia, 3, 142
Novosibirsk
630058
RU
email: o_pisarenko@mail.ru
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4108-4821