Habitats
Gradstein and Pócs (1989) subdivided terrestrial species into terricolous species
growing on soil and saxicolous species growing on rocks. The most common terrestrial
bryophytes in the studied areas are saxicolous. Epiphytic species are divided into
corticolous (growing on bark of trees), epiphyllous (growing on leaf surfaces),
lignicolous (growing on rotten logs), and ramicolous (growing on branches) (Gradstein
and Pócs, 1989). Majority of epiphytic bryophytes in these areas is corticolous while the
epiphyllous bryophyte has not been founded.
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