Moss occurrences in Kuznetsk depression (Altai-Sayan mountain country)
Citation
Pisarenko O (2022). Moss occurrences in Kuznetsk depression (Altai-Sayan mountain country). Version 1.3. Central Siberian Botanical Garden SB RAS. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/vdxqsr accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-08.Description
The dataset contains information on moss occurrences in the territory of Kuznetsk depression. The depression is located in the north-west of Altai-Sayan mountain country, South Siberia; from the east it is limited by the Kuznetsk Alatau, from the south - by the Mountain Shoria, from the west - by Salair ridge. The dataset summarizes data of the author's bryological explorations of the territory. The surveys were mainly conducted in 2007-2014. The dataset consists of 1690 occurrence records and includes both preserved specimens (281) and ‘human observations’ of the author (1409). The ‘human observations’ are data of bryological relevés. The relevés were made during field explorations; all collected moss specimens were checked under the microscope and registered in Data Base. Only some of the checked specimens were stored into herbarium; preference was given to rare species, but for common species, it was down to notes. All the records are georeferenced. A total of 155 moss taxa belonging to 85 genera and 30 families are reported herein to occur in Kuznetsk depression. Preserved samples are in NSK (USU_440537). The work is under the support of Russian Science Foundation № 18-14-00121, https://rscf.ru/project/18-14-00121Sampling Description
Study Extent
Route studies have been conducted to explore forest, mire and steppe communities in different parts of the depression in 2007-2014. Rock outcrops and habitats along crooks were the objects of special attention.Sampling
In most cases bryological investigations were in parallel with the geobotanical relevés of the plots; moss samples were collected on each type of substrate. Rock outcrops and habitats along crooks were the objects of special attention. Standard methods of moss collection have been used. Preserved samples are in NSK.Quality Control
The data were collected and identified by reseachers from the Central Siberian Botanical Gagden of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Some moss specimens were identified by taxonomic specialists from the Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences.Method steps
- The source materials are stored in two personal databases. Geobotanical and bryological materials are stored in the IBIS (Zverev, 2007). Herbarium label data can be found in the Excell table (partially available on the website). The materials were brought together in the Excell table and revised; the names and contents of the fields were aligned with Darwin Core (Wieczorek et al. 2012) and include the following: “occurrenceID”, “taxonID”, “scientificName”, “taxonRank”, “kingdom”, “phylum”, “class”, “family”, “genus”, “acceptedNameUsage”, “country”, “countryCode”, “stateProvince”, “county”, “verbatimLocality”, “habitat”, “locationRemarks”, “fieldNotes” (extended field description of habitat, in Russian), “verbatimElevation”, “decimalLatitude”, “decimalLongitude”, “coordinateUncertaintyInMeters”, “day”, “month”, “year”, “identifiedBy”, “recordedBy”, “basisOfRecord”, “collectionCode”, “catalogNumber” (number of a specimen in herbarium NSK), “datasetName”.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Kuznetsk depression is an elevated hilly plain with altitudes mostly 200-300 m. In the north, the plain has no sharp border; other verges are well-defined in relief. In the south, the plain is limited with Mountain Shoria, in the west – with Salair ridge, in the east – with Kuznetskiy Alatau. The main part of the Kuznetsk depression is within the forest-steppe zone. Zonal vegetation is a complex of small massifs of Betula-forests with steppe meadows and meadow steppes. Forests in Kuznetsk depression are presented mainly by Betula pendula communities. The herb layer of these forests depends on local humidity. Dry habitats are characterized by the dominance of Brachypodium pinnatum, Calamagrostis arundinaceae, Rubus saxatilis sometimes Carex macroura, meadow- steppe herbs such as Peucedanum morissonii, Seseli libanotis, Pulsatilla patens are common. Moist forest types have Populus tremula dominant in the tree canopy; in the herb layer Aegopodium podagraria, Aconitum septentrionale, Pteridium aquilinum, Lathyrus gmelinii, Lathyrus vernus, Geranium sylvaticum are common and abundant. A well-developed canopy of tall herbs and meadow grasses (Festuca pratensis, Dactylis glomerata, Elytrigia repens, Phleum pratense, Lupinaster pentaphyllus, Phlomoides tuberosa, Sanguisorba officinalis) is characteristic for the grasslands. The herbadge prevents the development of moss cover. A moss layer takes place only in petrophytic steppes like Salair ones, which occur on the most steep and sunny slopes of river valleys or separate hills. Mires here are very rare, they occur only in river valleys, these are swampy tussock-sedge forests with Betula pubescens. In some places along depression sides, small rock outcrops are revealed in river valleys. The plant cover of this region is strongly transformed by agriculture and mining activities: now it is very difficult to find fragments of native vegetation. Periodical ground fires occurring in spring or autumn due to stubble burning on adjoining farmlands are an additional disaster for mosses.
Bibliographic Citations
- Pisarenko O.Yu. 2014. Mosses of Salair-Kuznetsk region (Altai-Sayan mountain country) and adjacent plains of West Siberia // Arctoa. V.23 p. 33-58. doi 10.15298/arctoa.23.06 -
- Pisarenko O (2021) Moss occurrences in Salair-Kuznetsk Region (Altai-Sayan mountain country). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e72889. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72889 - https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e72889
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Central Siberian Botanical Garden, SB RAS
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email: o_pisarenko@mail.ru
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