CONTRIBUTION TO THE BRYOFLORA OF
CĂLIMANI MOUNTAINS IN THE EASTERN
CARPATHIANS, ROMANIA, I.
Peter Erzberger1, Mária Höhn2 & Tamás Pócs3
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Belziger Str. 37, D-10823 Berlin, Germany, erzberger.peter@googlemail.com
Botany Dept., Fac.of Horticultural Science, Corvinus University of Budapest,
maria.hohn@uni-corvinus.hu
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Botany Dept., Institute of Biology, Eszterházy College, Eger, colura@chello.hu
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Bryoflora of Călimani Mts.
Liverworts, Mosses, Carpathians, Transylvania, Romania, conservation
Abstract. The authors visited the spruce, subalpine and alpine belts of
Călimani Mts. in July 2011. From the collected 144 bryophyte taxa Marsupella
apiculata, Pohlia nutans ssp. schimperi and maybe Ditrichum lineare are new to
the Romanian bryoflora. Further 37 taxa are new to the Călimani Mountains,
among them rare Arctic-Alpine species, like Pleurocladula albescens, Arctoa
fulvella, Dicranum brevifolium, Grimmia donniana and Racomitrium
microcarpon. An account on the environmental conditions of the mountains is
given in the introduction.
Abstract: Autorii acestui studiu au vizitat zona boreală, subalpină si alpină a
Munţilor Călimani în iulie anului 2011. Printre cele 144 specii de briofite
colectate Marsupella apiculata, Pohlia nutans ssp. schimperi şi probabil
Ditrichum lineare sunt taxoni noi pentru brioflora României. 37 taxoni sunt
semnalaţi pentru prima dată in flora Călimanului, printre acestea elemente arctoalpine rare, cum sunt Pleurocladula albescens, Arctoa fulvella, Dicranum
brevifolium, Grimmia donniana şi Racomitrium microcarpon. In introducere
este redată şi o sumarizare a condiţiilor de mediu din zona Munţilor Călimani.
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Introduction
As part of the Călimani-Ghiughiu-Harghita volcanic chain the Călimani
Mountains (Kelemen Havasok) is one of the highest and the youngest volcanic
massif of the Eastern Carpathians. Its formation is a result of the repeated
volcanic activity during the Pliocene. It is assumed that with its 10km diameter
the Călimani volcanic crater is one of the largest among Europe’s inactive
volcanos. This famous geological structure preserved until the present, by the
collapse of the inner part and by erosion formed a widely opened caldera facing
towards the North. The highest peaks are the Pietrosul Călimani (2100 m),
Negoiul Unguresc (2081m), the Rӑchiţiş (2021m), Călimani Izvor (2032m).
Altogether the Călimani Mountains cover an area of about 2000 km2,
extending west to east for 60 km. This immense andesite barrier between
Moldavia and Transylvania is bordered on the North by the Bârgăului Mountains
and the Vatra Dornei Depression, and on the South by the Gurghiului Mountains
from which it is separated by the strait Mures river defile. The Eastern border is
lined out mainly by the intermontaneous depressions Bilbor and Borsec that
delimit Călimani from the Bistriţa and Giurgeului Mountains.
The dominant bedrocks are andesite, andesite with amphibole, or amphibolepyroxenes, very rarely andesite with basaltic content. Dacites originate from the
late volcanic activity.
The surface of the mountain can be divided into three main parts; the central
part with the caldera (1600-2100m), the volcanic plateau (1300-1600m) that
remained from the cooling lava flow, thirdly the rich interfluvial network (400800m) that is incised deeply into the plateau and in the deposited volcanic
material at the bottom of the mountain. Brook valleys are narrow, mostly with
steep, abrupt slopes, oriented straight to the North and to the South. The northern
part is characteristic for its large glacier cirques (Naum 1972).
Climate
The climate of the mountain is quite severe with long winters and strong
snowfalls. Average annual temperature on the lower elevations is 4-6 °C, on the
upper alpine subalpine region around 0 or -2°C. Summer temperatures are rising
to 8-15° C in the upper regions and to 14-18 °C in the lower mountains sites.
Dominant winds bring large amounts of precipitation from the west, watering
strongly the western slopes, while eastern slopes are less humid. Summer air
humidity in the deep valleys can exceed 88%. Annual average precipitation is
1000-1400 mm; these values are the highest in the whole region. The snow
cover lasts 180-200 days beginning from early October. Not more than 40 days
are sunny in one year. The continental character of the climate is strengthened
by the fast coming cold weather fronts that produce rapid decrease in the daily
temperature even in the summer period. Almost every month of the year, night
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temperature can decrease below 0°C. Moreover the summer foehn activity can
produce drought on the local scale.
Soils
According to the cool wet climatic conditions and the volcanic bedrock, the
soil cover of the Călimani Mountains, on the whole, is predominantly acidic.
The deep, medium deep soils have good water supply and are rich in humus. The
most characteristic soil types are the so called andosols, podzols and skeletic
leptosols.
Andosols and podzols are quite frequent at the height of 1000-1800m above
sea level where they can cover the medium steep slopes and the plateaus built
mainly of lava flows. Those andosols that are located in special
microtopographic positions with stronger water percolation tend to evolve
towards podzols. Compared to the andosols, podzolic soils have less clay
minerals and their structure is more compact with a higher raw humus layer on
the surface. At lower elevations, mostly where the volcanic material has
accumulated in form of pyroclastits and breccias the predominant soil types are
luvisols and cambisols. Grasslands and pastures maintained by human activity
can be characterized by different soil types. In many places within the mountain
area the pastures are overgrazed and therefore these soils become hard with less
oxygen supply. On the steep slopes and along the brook sites skeletic soils are
very common. Skeletic leptosols and rock cliffs cover large surfaces on high
elevations, mainly on the northern part of the mountain. Microbiological activity
of the soils is generally high in the summer period, while in the rest of the year it
becomes insignificant.
Vegetation
The territory of the Călimani Mountains has luxuriant vegetation, as large
forests belts were maintained despite of intensive forestry and mining in some
parts of the mountain. Mixed broad leaf forests dominated by Carpinus betulus
and Fagus sylvatica occur just around 600-700m, while the most widespread
deciduous forests are Carpathian beech forests (as. Symphyto-Fagetum). Typical
for the Eastern Carpathians, the herb layer of these forests is rich in Carpathian
endemic species and dacic elements like Dentaria glandulosa and Symphytum
cordatum. Beech woods are subsequently followed by fir mixed beech spruce
forests (as. Pulmonario rubrae –Abieti- Fagetum) considered to be the most
threatened forest communities, since the sensible population equilibrium of the
three tree species cannot be maintained following intensive forestry works.
Deciduous forests are limited on higher elevations by homogenous spruce
forests. The latter, with a strong boreal character are the most widespread forests
within the Călimani Mountains and are represented by several plant associations,
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depending on the slope, substrate and exposition. Spruce forests cover more than
10000ha. Subalpine shrub communities are also well-represented. At about
1700-1900m above the sea level dwarf mountain pine is widely distributed with
spots of green alder. The high mountain ecotone is also characterised by the
distribution of the Pinus cembra, glacial relict species of Europe.
One of the most valorous aspects of the alpine vegetation is the wide
distribution, covering around 1300 ha, of the alpine dwarf shrub heaths
dominated by alpine rose, Rhododendron myrtifolium. Bordering rock cliffs and
screes alpine heaths are rich in Arctic-Alpine floral elements and boreal mosses,
being the most colourful stands in the high elevations of the Călimani
Mountains. Large areas are covered also by alpine meadows and rock
communities in some parts strongly modified, degraded by pasturing activity.
Overgrazing favoured the spreading of Nardus stricta. Azonal vegetation along
the wet habitats is represented mainly by grey alder woods and nitrophylous tall
herb vegetation, that are limited in some flat sites, where the acid water tends to
accumulate, by assemblages of mineral-poor fen communities. Peat bogs are
mainly distributed in the upper boreal zone. One of the deepest peat substrate
evolved around the lake Iezer at 1750m. The largest Romanian raised bog,
Tinovul Mare at Poiana Stampei (Suceava County), is also situated at the
northern foot of this mountain.
Since the 90th, the high mountain ecosystems of the Călimani Mountains
were included within the administration of the Călimani National Parc, an area
of 24.041 ha. However the landscape with the abandoned sulphur quarry and the
nude peak of Negoiul Românesc in the vicinity of the protected area still
provides an unusual aspect for the visitors.
Although detailed research was performed on the vascular flora and
vegetation (Csürös 1951, Höhn 1996-1997), the moss flora of the Călimani Mts
was not studied in details until the present. However, the bryophytes of certain
localities have been investigated earlier, like the large peat bog “Tinovul
Mare”of Poiana Stampei at the northern foothills (Pop 1960, Ştefureac 1965a,
1967) and the alpine vegetation of the main ridge (Mihai 1968, 1985, Stefureac
1965b, 1986, Ştefanuţ 2008). Our recent study focuses on the description of the
bryophyte flora including zonal and edaphic communities of the boreal belt. We
intend to continue this study at other sites in the future.
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Plate I. Fig. 1: Mesophilous spruce forest in Topliţa (Lomás) Valley, at 850
m alt. (Locality 4). Fig. 2: The „Puturosul” spring bog with Eriophorum
angustifolium, at 1480 m alt. (Loc. 6). Fig. 3: Sphagnum quinquefarium and Sph.
acutifolium ssp. rubellum on the „Puturosul” spring bog. Fig. 4: Peat bog
complex with Eriophorum vaginatum near to the Mountain Rescue house, ENE
from Iezer Lake, at 1725 m alt. (Loc. 8). Fig. 5: Sphagnum squarrosum in the
transition bog at the margin of a raised bog in the above complex (Loc. 8). Fig.
6: Periglacial blocks on the main ridge, at 1880 m alt., surrounded by Pinus
mugo and Juniperus nana, habitat of Racomitrium microcarpon and the three
Grimmia species (Loc. 9). Fig. 7: Blocks with the lichen community
Rhizocarpetum alpicolae, surrounded by Rhododenron myrtifolium bush on the
S side of Răchiţiş summit, at 1950 m alt. (Loc. 10). Fig. 8: Grimmia sessitana
and G. incurva in the same community (Loc. 10). (Photos made by T. Pócs. In
the on-line version each picture can be magnified up to 500%, which
corresponds to desktop size).
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Plate II. Fig. 9: Primaeval acidophilous spruce forest on the N slopes of the
Neagra Şarului valley head, at 1610 m alt. (Loc. 16). Fig. 10: Ptilium cristacastrensis on the litter of acidophilous spruce forest of Puturosul valley, at 1100
m alt. (Loc. 5). Fig. 11: Typical habitat of Schistostega pennata, in the cavity
under the root system of a spruce (Loc. 5). Schistostega pennata in the cavity.
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Materials and Methods
The authors visited the Călimani Mountains between 12 and 16 July 2011,
accompanied by
Péter Ábrán and József Sulyok, along the Topliţa (Maroshéviz) – Vatra
Dornei road and its surrounding area, crossing the main ridge between Răchiţiş
(Răchitişu, Reţiţis) and Pietrosu summits. The collection was made in the
spruce, subalpine and alpine belts. The specimens were collected by all authors
and identified by P. Erzberger and by T. Pócs. The Romanian distribution of
mosses was established from Mohan (1998) and Plămadă (1998), while that of
the liverworts from Ştefănuţ (2008). The collected specimens are deposited in
the herbaria B, CL and EGR.
Nomenclature of liverworts follows Ştefănuţ. (2008), except for Marsupella
apiculata, where Váňa et al. (2010) is followed. The nomenclature of mosses
follows Hill & al. (2006), except for Grimmia sessitana De Not., where Maier
(2010) and for Polytrichum perigoniale Michx., where Meinunger & Schröder
(2007) is followed.
List of collecting sites from the Cӑlimani Mts. (Kelemen Havasok).
4. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), 7 km N from Topliţa (Maroshéviz)
town, along Topliţa (Lomás) streamlet. Mesophilous spruce forest (Leucanthemo
waldsteinii-Piceetum) N 47°01’04.7”, E 25°21’57” at 850 m alt. 14.07.2011
5. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), ca. 12 km N from Topliţa
(Maroshéviz) town, SE slopes of the Cӑlimani Mts, along a forest trail leading
upwards, from near the Poiana Puturosul (Büdös Tisztás), shady andesite cliff,
towards the base of the Piciorul Mocearului (Mocsárláb) ridge, in the Puturosul
(Büdös) valley. Acidophilous spruce forest (Hieracio rotundati-Piceetum),
between N 47°02’41.6”, E 25°19’49.6” and N 47°03’55.7’’, E 25°17’52.7’’, at
950-1250m alt. 14.07.2011
6. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), „Puturosul” spring bog on the Piciorul
Mocearului (Mocsárláb) ridge, N 47°04’41.9”, E 25°16’48.2” at 1500 m alt.
14.07.2011
7. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), along the forest trail from the
„Puturosul” spring bog to the Mountain Rescue (Salvamont) house, 500 m ENE
from Jezer Lake above the forest line, between N 47°05’00.2’’, E
25°16’44.2’’and N 47°05’50”, E 25°16’13”, at 1500-1700 m alt. 14.07.2011
8. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), SE ridge of the Cӑlimani Mts. Peat
bog complex of raised bog (Eriophoro vaginati-Sphagnetum recurvi) and
transition bog (Caricetum lasiocarpae) near the Mountain Rescue (Salvamont)
house, 500 m ENE from Jezer Lake, at the forest line, N 47°05’50”, E
25°16’13”, at 1725 m. alt. 14.07.2011
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9. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), ridge of saddle between Vf. Ciunt
(Csonthegy) and Vf. Rӑchiţiş (Rekettyés csúcs). Pinus mugo stand
(Rhododendro myrtifolii-Pinetum mugi) N 47°06’0”, E 25°15’40” at 1880 m alt.
15.07.2011
10. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), ridge of Cӑlimani Mts. In a small
depression on the S slope of Rӑchiţiş (Rekettyés) summit. Rhododendro
myrtifolii-Vaccinietum N 47°05’45”, E 25°15’15” at 1950 m alt. 15.07.2011
11. Maros county (Judeţul Mureş), NE slope of Vf. Negoiu, near waste piles
of abandoned sulphur mine, surrounded by Pinetum mugi, N 47°06’30”, E
25°13’35” at 1820 m alt. 15.07.2011
12. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), Negoi Saddle (Şaua Negoiul, Negoj
Nyereg), W slope of Vf. Pietricelul. Pinus mugo stand (Rhododendro myrtifoliiPinetum mugi) with a few Pinus cembra N 47°06’25”, E 25°14’03” at 17501780 m alt. 15.07.2011
13. Maros county (Judeţul Mureş), NW slope of Rӑchiţiş (Rekettyés)
summit. Pinus mugo stand (Rhododendro myrtifolii-Pinetum mugi) with many
groups of Pinus cembra N 47°06’25”, E 25°14’03” at 1780-1850 m alt.
15.07.2011
14. Harghita county (Judeţul Harghita), Vf. Rӑchiţiş (Rekettyés). Potentillo
chrysocraspedae-Festucetum airoidis on the flat summit with many Juncus
trifidus tussocks and Rhododenro myrtifolii-Vaccinietum in the upper part of
north facing glacial valley, N 47°05’53”, E 25°14’48” at 2000-2020 m alt.
16.07.2011
15. Suceava county (Judeţul Suceava), N side of the ridge of Cӑlimani Mts.,
NE slope of Vf. Negoiu, in a ditch with seeping water in the abandoned sulphur
mine, surrounded by Pinetum mugi, N 47°07’08”, E 25°13’41”, at 1720 m alt.
16.07.2011
16. Suceava county (Judeţul Suceava), N side, head of Neagra Şarului (Fekete Sáros) valley. Acidophilous montane spruce forest (Hieracio rotundatiPiceetum) N 47°07’20”, E 25°13’24” at 1610 m alt. 16.07.2011
17 N foot of Cӑlimani Mts. (Kelemen Havasok), Suceava county (Judeţul
Suceava), 2.4 km SW of Poiana Stampei, at Cӑsoi village. „Tinovul Mare”,1.5 x
0.5 km large continental type raised bog (Vaccinio- Pinetum sylvestris), with
Sphagno-Piceetum at the edges. N 47°17’54”, E 25°06’57” at 920 m alt.
16.07.2011
Results and Discussion
39 Liverwort taxa and 105 mosses, altogether 144 bryophyte taxa were
found. The liverwort records were checked against the „Hornwort and Liverwort
Atlas of Romania“ (Ştefănuţ. 2008). The moss records were checked against
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Dihoru (1994), Mohan (1998) and Plămadă (1998). Taxa that represent new
records to the Cӑlimani Mts., are marked by an asterisk *, and taxa new to
Romania are marked by a double asterisk **.
List of collected liverworts:
Anthelia juratzkana – 14: on soil over siliceous rock
Blepharostoma trichophyllum subsp. trichophyllum –4, 7: on decaying wood
Calypogeia azurea – 5, 7: on soil
*Calypogeia muelleriana – 17: on decaying wood
Cephalozia bicuspidata – 5, 6, 7: on soil
Cephalozia hampeana – 12: on soil
*Cephaloziella rubella – 8, 14, 16: on soil
Chiloscyphus pallescens – 5: on soil
Conocephalum conicum –5: on siliceous rock
Diplophyllum albicans –13: on soil
Diplophyllum obtusifolium – 5, 12: on soil
Diplophyllum taxifolium – 14: on soil over siliceous rock
*Frullania fragilifolia – 5: on bark of Alnus
*Jungermannia gracillima – 7, 14: on soil over siliceous rock
*Lejeunea cavifolia – 5: on siliceous rock
Lepidozia reptans – 4, 5, 17: on soil and on rotting wood
Lophocolea heterophylla – 4, 7: on (decaying) wood
*Lophozia ascendens – 16: on rotting wood
Lophozia bicrenata – 9, 11, 12: on soil
Lophozia excisa – 5: on soil
Lophozia incisa – 7: on rotting wood
Lophozia sudetica – 14: on soil among siliceous rocks
Lophozia ventricosa – 5, 7, 11, 12: on soil
**Marsupella apiculata Schiffn. (Syn.: Gymnomitrium apiculatum (Schiffn.)
Müll. Frib.) – 14: on soil over siliceous rock
*Metzgeria conjugata – 5: on siliceous rock
*Nardia geoscyphus – 14: on soil over siliceous rock
Nardia scalaris – 14: on soil over siliceous rock
Pellia epiphylla – 4, 5: on soil and stones near running water
Plagiochila asplenioides – 4, 5: on soil
Plagiochila porelloides – 4, 5: on soil
*Pleurocladula albescens – 14: on soil over siliceous rocks
Ptilidium pulcherrimum – 5, 16: on bark of spruce (Picea abies)
Radula complanata –5: on the bark of Alnus
Riccardia palmata – 4: on decaying wood
*Scapania irrigua – 5, 8, 16: on soil
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*Scapania scandica – 11, 16: on soil
Scapania undulata – 5, 6, 8: on siliceous boulders near water and moist peat
Tritomaria exsecta – 4, 5, 7: on decaying wood
Tritomaria quinquedentata – 5: on soil
List of collected mosses:
*Amphidium mougeotii – 5: on siliceous rock
*Andreaea rupestris var. rupestris – 8, 9, 13, 14: on siliceous rock
*Arctoa fulvella – 14: on soil over siliceous rock.
Atrichum undulatum – 4, 11: on soil over siliceous rock
Aulacomnium palustre – 8, 17: on peat
Bartramia halleriana – 5: on siliceous rock
*Blindia acuta – 11: on siliceous rock
*Brachythecium glareosum – 5: on soil
Brachythecium rutabulum – 4: on soil
Brachythecium salebrosum – 4: on spruce (Picea abies) bark
Bryum caespiticium – 11: on soil
Bryum elegans – 4, 5: on soil
Bryum moravicum –5: on the bark of Alnus
Calliergonella cuspidata – 4, 5: on soil
*Calliergonella lindbergii – 5: on path with limestone gravel
Ceratodon purpureus – 4, 5, 8, 16: on soil
Climacium dendroides – 4: on soil
Cratoneuron filicinum – 4: on soil
Cynodontium polycarpon – 15: on siliceous rock
*Dichodontium pellucidum – 5: on moist siliceous rock and on moist
limestone
Dicranella heteromalla – 7, 16: on soil
*Dicranella humilis – 5: on soil.
Dicranodontium denudatum – 8: on soil and on rotting wood
Dicranoweisia crispula – 5, 8, 9, 14: on siliceous rock
*Dicranum brevifolium – 17: on peat (det. M. Sauer).
*Dicranum flexicaule – 14: on soil (rev. M. Sauer); 17: on peat (det. M.
Sauer)
Dicranum montanum – 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 16: on bark and decaying wood
Dicranum scoparium – 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 16: on soil; 17: on peat
Diphyscium foliosum – 14: on soil over siliceous rock
Ditrichum heteromallum – 5, 8, 14: on soil
*Ditrichum lineare – 7, 12: on soil
*Eurhynchium angustirete – 4: on soil
Funaria hygrometrica – 8: on soil
*Grimmia donniana – 9: on siliceous rock (conf. E. Maier)
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Grimmia incurva – 9, 10, 14: on siliceous rock, conf./rev. E. Maier
Grimmia sessitana – 9, 10: on siliceous rock, conf./rev. E. Maier
*Herzogiella seligeri – 4: on decaying wood
Hylocomium splendens – 4, 5, 16, 17: on soil
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme – 4: on soil
Leucodon sciuroides – 5: on tree bark
Mnium marginatum – 5: on soil
Mnium stellare – 5: on siliceous rock
Oligotrichum hercynicum – 8, 11, 12, 14: on soil among siliceous rock
Orthotrichum affine – 4: on spruce (Picea abies) bark
*Orthotrichum stramineum – 4: on spruce bark
*Orthotrichum striatum – 4: on spruce bark
Paraleucobryum enerve – 14: on soil over siliceous rock
Philonotis fontana – 7: on soil
Philonotis seriata – 5, 8: on soil
Plagiomnium affine – 4: on soil
Plagiomnium elatum – 4: on soil
Plagiomnium rostratum – 5: on silicous soil
Plagiomnium undulatum – 4, 5: on soil
*Plagiothecium curvifolium – 4, 16: on soil
Plagiothecium laetum – 5, 7: on soil
*Platygyrium repens – 17: on bark of spruce
Pleurozium schreberi – 4, 5, 6, 9, 16, 17 on soil and decaying litter
Pogonatum aloides – 5, 7: on soil
*Pogonatum nanum – 5: on soil
Pogonatum urnigerum – 5, 16: on soil
Pohlia annotina – 5: on soil
Pohlia cruda – 5, 11: on soil
*Pohlia elongata – 5, 7, 11, 13: on soil
Pohlia nutans ssp. nutans – 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16: on soil
**Pohlia nutans ssp. schimperi – 14: on soil over siliceous rock
*Pohlia proligera – 5, 11: on soil
Polytrichastrum alpinum – 7, 11, 14: on soil
Polytrichastrum formosum – 5, 16: on soil
*Polytrichastrum pallidisetum – 9: on siliceous rock
Polytrichum commune – 5, 8: on soil; 6, 17: on peat
Polytrichum juniperinum – 7, 8, 11, 15, 16: on soil
Polytrichum longisetum – 8: on peat; 14: on soil over siliceous rock. In
Călimani Mts. known only from Poiana Stampei (Plămadă 1998).
Polytrichum perigoniale – 8: on peat
Polytrichum piliferum – 7, 9, 11: on soil
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*Polytrichum strictum – 8, 17: on peat ; 9, 11, 14: on soil among siliceous
rocks
Pseudoleskea incurvata – 5: on siliceous rock
Ptilium crista-castrensis – 5: on spruce litter
*Racomitrium microcarpon – 8, 9, 10, 11,12, 14: on siliceous rock and
boulders
Rhizomnium punctatum – 4: on soil
Rhodobryum roseum – 8: on soil
*Rhynchostegium megapolitanum – 16: on soil
Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus – 4, 5, 8. 16: on soil and on peat
Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus – 4: on soil
Sanionia uncinata – 4, 5, 7, 16: on soil
Schistidium apocarpum – 5: on siliceous boulders
Schistidium papillosum – 5: on siliceous rock
Schistostega pennata – 7: on soil
*Sphagnum angustifolium – 17: on peat
Sphagnum capillifolium – 5, 8, 9: on peat
Sphagnum fallax – 6, 8, 17: on peat. In Călimani Mts. known only from
Poiana Stampei.
Sphagnum girgensohnii – 5, 6, 8, 11, 14: on soil and on peat
Sphagnum magellanicum – 6, 17: on peat
Sphagnum palustre – 5: on peat
Sphagnum quinquefarium – 5, 8: on soil and on peat
Sphagnum russowii – 6, 8, 11: on peat. In Călimani Mts. known only from
Poiana Stampei.
Sphagnum rubellum – 9, 13, 17: on siliceous rock and on peat
Sphagnum squarrosum – 4, 5, 8: on soil and on peat
Sphagnum subsecundum – 8: on peat. In Călimani Mts. known only from
Poiana Stampei.
Sphagnum warnstorfii – 8: on peat
Straminergon stramineum – 6, 8: on peat. In Călimani Mts. known only from
Poiana Stampei.
Tetraphis pellucida – 4, 5, 7, 17: on decaying wood
Thuidium assimile – 4: on soil
Thuidium tamariscinum – 4: on soil
*Tortula schimperi – 4: on soil
Warnstorfia exannulata – 8: on peat
There are 11 liverwort and 27 moss records which are new to the Cӑlimani
Mts.
One liverwort and four of the moss taxa recorded by us appear to be new to
the bryoflora of Romania compared to Ştefănuţ (2008), Sabovljević & al.
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(2008), of which three were published already by Mohan (1998) under other
combinations. The following species among them deserve special attention:
*Lophozia ascendens (Warnst.) R.M. Schust.
A circumboreal element in the forested „Tinovul Mare” bog near Poiana
Stampei, at 920 m alt. on rotting log. According to the European Red Data Book
of Bryophytes (ECCB ) this species is considered rare. It grows on well decayed
logs in constantly humid sites and is therefore considered an indicator of old
forest stands (Goia & Schumacker 2000). In Romania it is known from nine
mountain regions and four counties (Ştefanuţ 2008), but not from the Călimani
Mts.
** Marsupella apiculata Schiffn. (Syn.: Gymnomitrium apiculatum (Schiffn.)
Müll. Frib.)
It is a rare circumboreal Arctic-Alpine species known from Alaska,
Greenland, Novaya Zemlya, northern Siberia, Mt. Ontake in Japan, only Scotland in Britain, Fennoscandia, Spitzbergen, NW Russia and in the Alps (Schuster 1974). Hitherto known in the Carpathians only from the Polish and Slovakian
side of Tatra Mountains at 1700–2380 m (Sweykowski & Koźlicka 1977), on the
Muran Plateau in Slovakia at 1384 m (Peciar 1984) and in the Ukrainian
Carpathians near Tatul, at 1700 m altitudes (Zerov 1964), always on siliciferous
substrate. It is new for Romania. We collected nice fertile wefts of this small
liverwort on the volcanic rocks covered by a thin humus layer, in Rhododendro
myrtifolii-Vaccinietum, at the upper part of north facing glacial valley of Vf.
Rӑchiţiş (Rekettyés csúcs), at 2000-2020 m alt.16.07.2011. The species
resembles Gymnomitrion concinnatum with its julaceous habit, living in the
same habitat with long laying snow cover, but differs by its acuminate leaf lobes
with hyaline margin and smooth, epapillose cuticle.
Plate III. Fig. 13: Pinus cembra group in the Pinus mugo stand on the NW
slope of Răchiţiş summit, at 1780-1850 m alt. (Loc. 13). Fig. 14: Alpine
grassland on the Răchiţiş summit at 220 m alt., dominated by Juncus trifidus and
Festuca airoides (Loc. 14). Fig. 15: The glacial valley at the NW slope of
Răchiţiş summit (1700–1980 m), as seen from locality 13. Fig. 16: Open
grassland of Negoi saddle, with the occurrence of Oligotrichum herynicum,
Cephaloziella hampeana and of Ditrichum lineare (Loc. 12). Fig. 17:
Racomitrium microcarpon on the open rocks of Răchiţiş summit (Loc. 14). Fig.
18: Salicetum herbaceae on the N facing cliffs of Răchiţiş summit, at 2000 m
alt. (Loc. 14). Fig. 19. Anthelia juratzkana on the soil of the same habitat, with
Huperzia selago var. alpina. Fig. 20: Pleurocladula albescens in the same
community (Loc. 14).
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*Pleurocladula albescens (Hook.) Grolle var. albescens
It is also a typical circumboreal Arctic-Alpine element of snow valleys,
growing often together with Anthelia species. Worldwide it is known from the
northern part of North America and Asia, in Iceland, Scotland, northern
Fennoscandia, Spitzbergen, in the Alps, Tatra Mountains and in the Apennines
(Schuster 1974), Pyrenees, Krkonose and Balkan Mts. In central Europe its
localities lie between 2000 and 2900 m in areas of long lasting snow cover (Frey
et al. 2006). In Romania it is known only from the Rodna, Făgăraş and Retezat
Mts. (Ştefănuţ 2008).
*Scapania scandica (S.W. Arnell & H. Buch) Macvicar
A circumboreal-montane species with oceanic character, rare in central Europe. In Romania known only from the higher mountain ranges, as Rodna, Piatra
Mare, Bucegi, Piatra Craiului, Făgăraş and Bihor Mts. New to Călimani Mts.:
On soil in the N facing Neagra Şarului valley, at the edge of montane spruce
forest, 1610 m alt. and on the NE slope of Vf. Negoiu, near the waste piles of
abandoned sulphur mine, surrounded by Pinetum mugi, at 1820 m alt.
*Arctoa fulvella (Dicks) Bruch & Schimp.
A circumboreal Arctic-Alpine species distributed from the northernmost parts
of North America, Europe and Asia. In Central Europe it occurs in the mountain
ranges of the Alps, Sudety and the Carpathians.We collected it in the upper part
of north facing glacial valley of Răchiţiş summit, on soil covered andesite rocks
with Rhododendro myrtifolii-Vaccinietum, at 2000-2020 m alt. 16.07.2011. In
Romania it was known only from Rodna and Retezat Mountains before (Mohan
1998),and does not occur further Southeast in Europe (Sabovljević et al. 2008).
*Blindia acuta (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp.
A circumboreal-montane species, occurring in all major mountain ranges of
the Romanian Carpathians, but unknown from Călimani Mts., where we have
found it on volcanic rocks of the NE slope of Vf. Negoiu, near the waste piles of
abandoned sulphur mine, surrounded by Pinetum mugi, at 1820 m alt.
*Ditrichum lineare (Sw.) Lindb.
It is a circumboreal-montane species, occurring northwards in Europe rarely
also on lowland but in the Carpathians only above or near the treeline. Our
collections from the Călimani Mts. are from the forest trail from the „Puturosul”
spring bog to the Mountain Rescue (Salvamont) house, near the forest line, at
1500–1600 m alt. and from Negoi Saddle (Şaua Negoiul, Negoj Nyereg), W
slope of Vf. Pietricelul. On bare soil in Pinus mugo stand (Rhododendro
myrtifolii-Pinetum mugi) with a few Pinus cembra at 1750-1780 m alt. It is a
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tiny species growing scattered on open soil surface and is easy to overlook, but
its narrow and abruptly pointed leaf apex is quite characteristic.
The only Romanian record of this rare species is from the 300-350 m high,
forested Repedea hills (Masivul Bârnova-Repedea) S of Iaşi town, 47°05'N,
27°38'E (Papp & Eftimie 1967), which might be an error from such habitat.
*Dicranella humilis R. Ruthe
An Eurasian species occurring scattered throughout from Central Europe to
East Asia. This species is listed as “rare” in the European Red List (ECCB 1995)
and occurs only scattered in SE Europe. We collected it on soil along a forest
trail leading upwards in Puturosul valley between 950 and 1250 m. In Romania
it is known only from two localities in Neamţ County.
*Dicranum brevifolium (Lindb.) Lindb. is a circumboreal Arctic-Alpine species occurring in North America, Northern Asia, Fennoscandia and in the high
mountains of Central Europe. According to Sabovljević et al. (2008) in Southeast Europe it occurs in the alpine habitats of Bulgaria, Bosnia-Hercegovina,
Romania and Slovenia. According to Mohan (1998), under the name of D.
muehlenbeckii var. brevifolium Limpr,. it is known in Romania only from the
Ceahlău Mts. Its occurrence on the peat bog of Tinovul Mare bog near Poiana
Stampei, at 920 m altitude seems to be an interesting relic occurrence.
*Dicranum flexicaule Brid. A circumboreal montane species scattered all
over the northern part of North America and Asia. In Europe it is widespread in
the northern parts of Fennoscandia and Britain and occurs sporadically in all
higher central and SE European monutains. We collected it on soil with many
Juncus trifidus tussocks of the flat summit of Rӑchiţiş at 2020 m and on peat of
Tinovul Mare bog, at 920 m alt. In Romania known from the Giumalău Mts. in
the Bucovina part of Suceava County (Ştefureac & Pascal 1981, under the name
of D. fuscescens var. flexicaule) and in several parts of Transylvania (Mohan
1998, under the name of D. congestum Brid.).
*Grimmia donniana Smith.
A circumboreal montane species according to Greven (1995), occurring also
in the Antarctic, but according to Ochyra et al. (2008) all the Antarctic records
proved to be G. sessitana. Grimmia donniana was collected on andesite boulders
surrounded by Pinus mugo stand at the ridge between Ciunt and Rӑchiţiş
summits. In Romania it was known from practically all mountain ranges
reaching the alpine belt, except for the Călimani Mts.
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**Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) Lindb. ssp. schimperi (Müll.Hal.) Nyholm
This taxon was long neglected and thought to be in Europe confined to
Fennoscandia, but recent finds in the Alps, Sudetes and Carpathians (Köckinger
& al., 2005) brought it to the attention of bryologists. It has subsequently been
found also in the Stara Planina Mts. in Serbia (Erzberger, 2007), and even in
predominantly montane areas of Germany (Meinunger & Schröder, 2007) and
Hungary (Papp, 2009). Its occurrence in the Romanian Carpathians therefore
was to be expected. We found this taxon in the Cӑlimani Mts. (loc. 14), on the
top of Vf. Rӑchiţiş (Rekettyés), on thin layers of soil in fissures of siliceous rock
in N exposition, growing in close association with Pleurcladula albescens and
Nardia scalaris. Köckinger & al. (2005) consider the Central European
occurrences to be glacial relicts resulting from migratory events in the
pleistocene. The new location fits well into this concept.
One reason for the apparent neglection of the taxon is the fact that some
authors (e.g. Corley & al., 1981, Koperski & al., 2000) placed it in synonymy of
Pohlia nutans. However, ssp. schimperi (treated at species rank by Limpricht,
1895, Mönkemeyer, 1927 and Nyholm, 1993) is distinguished from the typical
subspecies by the purple coloration of the leaves and sometimes a different
sexual condition (Köckinger & al., 2005). It is missing from Dihoru (1994),
Mohan (1998) and from Sabovljević & al. (2008) and therefore believed to be a
new record for the bryoflora of Romania.
* Pohlia proligera (Kindb.) Lindb. ex Broth.
A circumboreal montane species known in Romania only from Rodna,
Bucegi and Sibin Mts. and from Mera near Cluj-Napoca (Mohan 1998). Our
collection was made from soil along the forest trail leading upwards in Puturosul
valley between 950 and 1250 m and on the NE slope of Vf. Negoiu, near waste
piles of abandoned sulphur mine, surrounded by Pinetum mugi, at 1820 m.
*Polytrichastrum pallidisetum
Distributed in the eastern part of North America and in eastern Europe, does
not occur in western and in southern Europe. Known from several places in the
Romanian Western and East Carpathians, under the name of Polytrichum
pallidisetum Funck (Mohan 1998, Plămadă 1998), but new to Călimani Mts.:
saddle between Ciunt and Rӑchiţiş summits, on volcanic rocks surrounded by
Pinus mugo stand at 1880 m alt.
*Racomitrium microcarpon (Hedw.) Brid. = Bucklandiella microcarpa
(Hedw.) Bedn.-Ochyra & Ochyra in Ochyra, Żarnowiec & Bedn.-Ochyra
A circumboreal-montane species new to Călimani Mts. Known from the
Northern Carpathians from 600–2550 m altitude, in the Eastern and Southern
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Carpathians only above 1900 m, from the Czarnahora, Rodnei, Făgăraş and
Retezat Mountains (Rehmann 1878, Boros & Vajda 1969, Bednarek-Ochyra
1995, Mohan 1998). We collected it at several localities on volcanic rocks and
boulders, between 1700 and 2000 m altitude.
*Rhynchostegium megapolitanum (Blandow ex F. Weber & D. Mohr)
Schimp.
An Atlantic-Submediterranean species, more widespread in the drier,
southern parts of Europe, like in Hungary and in Balkan Peninsula (Sabovljecić
et al. 2008), relatively rare in Romania and new to Călimani Mts.: On soil in the
N facing Neagra Şarului valley. At the edge of montane spruce forest, at 1610 m
alt.
*Tortula schimperi M.J.Cano, O. Werner & J. Guerra (syn. T. subulata var.
angustata (Schimp.) Limpr.)
We found this taxon in the Cӑlimani Mts. (loc. 4), 7 km N from Topliţa
(Maroshéviz) town, along Topliţa (Lomás) streamlet, growing on soil in
mesophilous spruce forest (Leucanthemo waldsteinii-Piceetum) N 47°01’05”, E
25°21’57” at 850 m a.s.l., 14 July 2011, leg. P. Erzberger, T. Pócs & M. Höhn,
det. P. Erzberger (B Erzberger 14778).
According to Sabovljević & al. (2008), T. schimperi has been recorded in SE
Europe in Greece, Montenegro and Serbia, but not in Romania, but Mohan
(1998) records it from Romania based on the publications of several authors,
under the name of Tortula subulata Hedw. var. angustata (Wils.) Schimp. It has
perhaps been overlooked many times up to now, which might also result from
the fact that it has been treated for a long time at infraspecific level within the
common T. subulata, and only recently been elevated to species rank.
Other interesting record
Polytrichum perigoniale Michx. (syn. P. commune var. perigoniale (Michx.)
Hampe)
This taxon was found on the SE ridge of the Cӑlimani Mts. (loc. 8), in a peat
bog complex of raised bog (Eriophoro vaginati-Sphagnetum recurvi) and
transition bog (Caricetum lasiocarpae) near the Mountain Rescue (Salvamont)
house, 500 m ENE from Jezer Lake, at the forest line, growing on peat together
with P. strictum, Oligotrichum hercynicum, Sphagnum girgensohnii, and
Scapania irrigua.
Some authors place this species as a variety in P. commune, or fail to
recognize it as specifically distinct from the latter (e.g. Hill & al., 2006,
Sabovljević & al., 2008), with the result that it is a neglected taxon, and it is
much more difficult to obtain information on its occurrences. It is published by
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several authors from a number of places in the Eastern and Southern
Carpathians, incl. the Tinovul Mare of Poiana Stampei at the N foot of Călimani
Mts., under the name of var. perigoniale (Mohan 1998, Plămadă 1998), but
missing from Sabovljević & al. (2008).
P. perigoniale is easily identified when leaf cross-sections are studied. The
uppermost cells of costal lamellae are variable in shape within the same leaf,
some are furrowed (especially in median part of costa), and some are rounded
(especially in marginal part of costa). In P. commune s.str. all end cells are
uniformly furrowed, and in P. pallidisetum they are usually uniformly truncate
or with a very flat furrow (see fig.50c in Plămadă 1998: 151). The latter species
is also characterized by a cylindrical capsule without constriction at the
hypophysis, whereas the capsule in P. perigoniale is shortly cylindrical and
strongly constricted at the neck (Schoepe 2000).
Acknowledgements: We are grateful for the provided logistics to Dr. Péter
Ábrán, forest engineer from the Environmental Protection Agency of Maros
County and to József Sulyok, botanist from the Bükk National Park, for their
kind assistance, to Dr.Sámuel Jakab for revising the part with the soil
characterisation. We are obliged also to M. Sauer for revising the critical
Dicranum species, to E. Maier for revising some Grimmia specimens, to Prof.
Dr. Ryszard Ochyra (KRAM), Dr. Irina Goia (CL), Dr. Emanuel Plămadă (CL),
Dr. Gheorghe C. Dihoru and to Dr. Sorin Stefănuţ (BUCA) for providing us with
important references.
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