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Table 1 Checklist of moss species in ASPA 125a, Fossil Hill, Fildes Peninsula

From: Contributions to the bryological knowledge of ASPA 125, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island

Moss families and their respective species

Amblystegiaceae

Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske (Fig. 1o, p)

Andreaeaceae

Andreaea gainii Cardot (Fig. 1m, n)

Bartramiaceae

Bartramia patens Brid. (Fig. 2a–c)

Brachytheciaceae

Brachythecium austrosalebrosum (Müll. Hal.) Kindb. (Fig. 1q–s)

Bryaceae

Bryum archangelicum Bruch & Schimp.a

Bryum argenteum Hedw.a

Bryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) G. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. (Fig. 1c–e)

Calliergonaceae

Warnstorfia sarmentosa (Wahlenb.) Hedenäs (Fig. 1t–v)

Ditrichaceae

Ceratodon purpureus (Hedw.) Brid. (Fig. 2r–u)

Distichium inclinatum (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp.a (Fig. 2i–k)

Ditrichum hyalinum (Mitt.) Kuntze (Fig. 2f–h)

Encalyptaceae

Encalypta procera Bruch (Fig. 2l–n)

Grimmiaceae

Schistidium andinum (Mitt.) Herzoga

Schistidium rivulare (Brid.) Podp. (Fig. 2v–y)

Meesiaceae

Meesia uliginosa Hedw. (Fig. 1a, b)

Mniaceae

Pohlia cruda (Hedw.) Lindb. (Fig. 1g–i)

Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) Lindb. (Fig. 1j–l)

Polytrichaceae

Polytrichastrum alpinum (Hedw.) G.L.Sm. (Fig. 2d, e)

Pottiaceae

Hennediella heimii (Hedw.) R.H.Zandera (Fig. 2o–q)

Syntrichia caninervis Mitt.a

Syntrichia saxicola (Cardot) R.H.Zander

  1. Taxa are systematically organized according to Goffinet et al. [3]. Species photographs are indicated in parenthesis
  2. aIndicates new occurrence for Fildes Peninsula