B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 35. 2004 (Budapest, 2004)

Papp, Beáta, Erzberger, Peter; Sabovljevic, M.: Contributions to the bryophyte flora of Kopaonik Mts (Serbia, Serbia-Montenegro)

3. humid temperate climate (Fagion moesiacae) 4. cold temperate-temperate transitional climate (Vaccinio-Piceion) 5. cold temperate climate (Juniperion sibiricae and Vaccinion myrtilli) 6. subboreal climate (subalpine meadows of the Poion violaceae type). The vegetation types covering Kopaonik Mts are correlated with its diverse geology and various soils. Lakusic (1993) enumerated 97 different phytocenoses of association rank and many subassociations. In the high mountain zone of Kopaonik 825 vascular plant species were recorded, while the corresponding number for the whole area of the mountain is 1,350 vascular species with 91 endemic and 82 subendemic vascular plants and many relic species (LAKUSIC 1993). A comprehensive work on the lichen flora of the mountain was published by SAVIC (1996). This list of 120 lichen species is based on literature data and the evaluation of herbarium material. Bryological records from the territory are summarised by LAKUSIC ( 1996). In that paper, besides of 1,603 species and 160 subspecies of vascular plants, a preliminary list of 155 bryophytes was given from Kopaonik Mts on the basis of floristical investigations and data published in the literature. According to these sources Kopaonik Mts are known as the locality of an endemic moss species of Serbia, Encalypta serbica, described by KATIC (1906). The taxonomic status of this taxon, however, requires further consideration (PAVIC et al. 1998, SABOVLJEVIC et al. 2001). Some species included in the Red Data Book of European Bryophytes were also reported from Kopaonik Mts by LAKUSIC (1996), among them Buxbaumia viridis, Dicranum viride and Hamatocaulis vernicosus. METHODS The field survey was made in July 2002. Our collecting sites were situated mainly in the upper zone of the mountain range between 1,100-1,800 m a.s.l. Main habitat types such as fens, stream valleys, forests, and grasslands developed on various bedrocks were visited, and bryophytes were collected from different substrates (soil, calcareous and non-calcareous, exposed and shady rock, tree bark and decaying wood). The specimens are preserved in the Herbarium of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (BP) and in the private herbarium of Peter Erzberger, Berlin. Nomenclature of the species follows ERZBERGER and PAPP (2004) and KOPERSKI et al. (2000). SITE DETAILS 1. Serbia, Kopaonik Mts, Samokovska reka, near Jankove bare, granodiorit rocks, 1,810 m, 43°19,069'N, 20°45,907'E, 09.07.2002.