The Use of Bryophytes for Fluvial Assessment of Mountain Streams in Portugal - River Conservation and Management - page 144

Liverworts Liverworts Liverworts Liverworts

Marsupella
sphacelata

Marsupella
emarginata var.
aquatica

Chiloscyphus
polyanthos

Chiloscyphus
polyanthos

Scapania undulata Pellia epiphylla Pellia epiphylla Lunularia cruciata

Scapania undulata Scapania undulata

Species majority
ecological
preferences
(according to
Dierssen
(2001))

highly hygrophytic,
rheophytic to
tolerant to dryness;
moderately to
considerably
sciophytic;
subneutrophytic to
basiphytic

hygrophytic to
moderately
tolerant to dryness;
moderately
sciophytic to highly
photophytic;
highly acidophytic
to subneutrophytic

hygrophytic,
moderately
sciophytic to
considerably
photophytic,
highly to
moderately
acidophytic

hygrophytic,
rheophytic to
amphiphytic;
moderately
sciophytic to highly
photophytic;
moderately
acidophytic to
subneutrophytic

highly hygrophytic,
rheophytic to
amphiphytic;
sciophytic to
considerably
photophytic;
moderately
acidophytic;
moderately
nitrophytic;
mesotrophic

hygrophytic,
rheophytic to
amphiphytic;
moderately
sciophytic to
considerably
photophytic;
moderately acidic
to subneutral;
considerably
nitrophytic;
eutrophic

Sic o mountain Northwest

Geology limestone Schist and granite (dominant), quartzite

Average
segment
altitude (m)

99 712 690 499 420 59

Average
segment
Strahler Order

2 2 3 3 3 4

Average
segment
depth (cm)

26-50 1-25 1-25 1-25 1-25 26-50

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