Bryoflora of the beech-silver fir coenosis of Mount Motola (National Park of Cilento & Vallo di Diano) - Teggiano (Salerno, S-Italy)

The Fagus sylvatica-Abies alba coenosis is relict in Southern Italy, and the site on the northern slopes of Mt. Motola represents the most important population of silver fir in Campania. Moreover, this site is included in the area of the National Park Cilento-Vallo di Diano, one of the largest in Italy. This study includes two main aspects, the first considering the ecological and silvicultural features of the area, and the latter the bryological and floristic one. In this paper we report the preliminary findings of the bryological study. Several species, some new for the whole of continental southern Italy, and some new also for central Italy have been reported. The number of species reported is 69, including 7 liverworts (among them Scapania aspera, new record for Campania). In particular, we report here three new records for continental southern Italy (Isopterygiopsis pulchella, Orthotricum pallens, Schistidium rivulare); two new records for central and southern Italy (Neckera pumila var.pilifera and Schistidium apocarpum), six new records for Campania (Barbula unguiculata, Bryum subelegans, Dicranum majus, Hypnum andoi, Hypnum resupinatum, Orthotrichum lyellii). Five species known for Campania from records before 1950 have been found also (Amblystegium serpens, Anomodon viticulosus, Plagiomnium affine, Plagiomnium cuspidatum, Zygodon forsteri). We report eventually Zygodon forsteri, a not common species, known from low altitudes (up to the hills) which we have been found for the first time at higher altitudes. Indicator Values for Mosses and Liverworts have been used to further characterize ecologically the areas studied.