Anthropogenic dynamics of rare and protected species of liverworts and mosses in the lower reaches of mountain rivers of the Western Caucasus

Abstract

The list of 35 taxa of new, rare and protected species of liverworts and mosses identified at the recreational facilities of the Sochi National Park and its border areas in the Lazarevsky district of Sochi is given. New locations of species with Extinction risk from the European Red List of Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts (Liochlaena subulata, Fissidens rivularis, Mnium heterophyllum,) have been discovered. New locations of Cephaloziella turneri, Cololejeunea rossettiana, Jubula hutchinsiae subsp. caucasica, Mesoptychia turbinata, Habrodon perpusillus, Leucobryum juniperoideum, Mnium heterophyllum, Pogonatum neesii and Rhynchostegium confertum included in the Red Book of the Krasnodar Territory have been found. Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides, Didymodon murrayae, Myuroclada longiramea and Oxyrrhynchium speciosum were first identified for the Western Caucasus.