NEW HABITAT OF THE RARE EUROPEAN SPECIES PSEUDOHYGROHYPNUM FERTILE (SENDTN.) JAN KUČERA & IGNATOV IN THE UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS

Abstract

A new species of bryophites Pseudohygrohypnum fertile within the National natural Park Zacharovanyj kraj (Ukrainian Carpathian) was discovered. It prefers natural deciduous and coniferous forests, especially virgin forest ecosystems within the entire European areas. In the study area, it grows on dead wood and rocks. Given the ecological characteristics of the species and the reduction of its range in many European countries, we propose to include it in the Red List of moss-like Ukrainian Carpathians.