Bryofloristical data from the Apuseni Mountains (Romanian Western Carpathians, Transilvania)

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Department of Botany and Plant Physiology
Acta Biologica Plantarum Agriensis 6: 73–89 (2018)
ISSN 2061-6716 (Print), 2063-6725 (Online)
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DOI:10.21406/abpa.2018.6.73
Research article
BRYOFLORISTICAL DATA FROM THE APUSENI MOUNTAINS
(ROMANIAN WESTERN CARPATHIANS, TRANSILVANIA) 2.
Andrea Sass-Gyarmati* & Tamás Pócs
Eszterházy Károly University, Institute of Biology, Department of Botany and Plant
Physiology; Eger, Pf. 43, H-3301 Hungary; *E-mail: sassgyarmati@gmail.com
Abstract: The main aim of this study was to explore the bryophyte diversity and
distribution patterns in the Apuseni Mountains. From our collections hitherto 94
bryophyte species were identified. The 25 Marchantiophyta and 69 Bryophyta
species belong to 73 genera of 42 families. Syntrichia norvegica are new for the
whole Apuseni Mountains. Among them the endangered Campylium protensum,
the near threatened Barbula crocea, Platydictya jungermannioides and the very
rare Abietinella abietina var. hystricosa are worth to be mentioned.
Keywords: bryoflora, rare species, Apuseni Mts., Romania
Rezumat: Lucrarea prezintă distribuţia speciilor de briofite din cadrul Munţilor
Apuseni. Din colecţia recentă fost identificate 94 de specii de briofite. Cele 25
specii de Marchantiophyta și 69 de specii de Bryophyta aparțin in 73 de genuri si
42 de familii. Syntrichia norvegica este semnalare nouă pentru Munţii Apuseni.
Campylium protensum este specie periclitată, Barbula crocea şi Platydictya
jungermannioides specii ameninţate iar Abietinella abietina var. hystricosa specie
rară care merită să fie menționată.
Cuvinte cheie: brioflora, specii rare, Apuseni, România
INTRODUCTION
The first bryological records of the climatologically and geologically
very variable and biologically very rich Apuseni Mountains were
published at the end of XIXth century (Csató 1885), but its intensive
investigation started only in the XXth century, which till now is far
from complete (Győrffy 1903; Péterfi 1908, 1910; Boros 1942a,
1942b, 1951; Páll 1960, 1962, 1963; Raţiu et al. 1966; Boros and
Vajda 1967, 1974; Ştefureac 1975, 1977; Plămadă and Goia 1994).
Investigations have continued intensively in the past twenty years

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(Goia 2001, 2005; Goia and Mătase 2001; Jakab 1999, 2000; Goia
and Schumacker 2000, 2002, 2003a, 2003b, 2004; Goia and
Ştefănuţ 2004; Plămadă et al. 2000; Lüth 2002, and others). Csűrös
(1981) gave a wide overview of the natural conditions and of
Apuseni Mountains and its flora and fauna. A preliminary report on
the Bihor mountains was published by Simon (1960) and a very
detailed vegetation study is given by Pop et al. (2000) from its part
in Cluj County. We started our bryological exploration in 2002 and
published a series of papers from this area, some of them as result
of the fruitful cooperation with Irina Goia, bryologist at the Babeş-
Bolyai University (Pócs 2005, Sass-Gyarmati et al. 2005a, 2005b,
Sass-Gyarmati et al. 2008a, 2008b, Sass-Gyarmati and Pócs 2017).
Study area
Muntele Mare and Gilăului Mountains form a distinct
geomorphological unit, known as Gilău – Muntele Mare. The massif
is covered with beech and spruce forests. The crystalline schists
gave rise to a massive landscape, with wide interfluves separated by
narrow and deep valleys. Reserve includes "Şesul Craiului" located
on a limestone plateau above 1350 m altitude, the forest on the
mountain scale and spectacular cliffs guard Belioara Valley
(tributary of Poşaga Valley), with vertical walls, tanks, gully and
sharp increases. It has an area of 47.7 hectares and houses many
rare species of plants and animals. Initiative put under protection of
the area had Alexandru Borza, since the early 20’s of the twentieth
century. Here have found their place those floral rarities and a relic
forest of conifers (scotch pine and larch) for which in 1935 it was
declared a botanical reservation. Csűrös (1958) presents in details
vegetational studies made in Scărişoara-Belioara (Bélavár) Massif
and published several more studies, partly together with Csűrös-
Káptalan.
The Bihor Mountains occupy a central position within the
Apuseni mountains range. The characteristic karstic topography is
widely developed, parallel to places with other sedimentary and
volcanic bedrocks. The Bihar Massif is the highest part of the
Apuseni Mountains. Here the general aspects of vegetation of Cheile
Ordâncuşa – a narrow, 2.5 km long limestone gorge – were studied
by I. Pop and I. Hodişan (1967). The streamlet has the side-branch
of Gârdei Seacă on the left part. The Ordâncușa gorge has 400 m
high limestone walls, between which there is a road leading to the

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Scărişoara Ice Cave. In the cliffs more than 70 caves, gates and
smaller halls are present. Among them the most popular is Poarta
lui Ionele cave with different species of protected bats. In the right
wall can be found the Zgurăști sinkhole, with interesting vegetation
inversion and with an underground lake (Sass-Gyarmati et al.
2005a). The characteristics of the landscape are crevices, extended
karst zones (with almost 430 caves described) and the third largest
underground ice cave of Europe after the Eisriesenwelt cave in
Austria and Dobsinska cave in Slovakia (Strug et al. 2006), the
„Gheţarul de la Scărişoara” – which is the largest in Romania,
declared a natural monument and a speleological reserve. It is
situated at 1165 m a.s.l., the entrance being located on the western
wall of a circular shaft 60 m in diameter and 47 m deep. Beyond the
entrance, the ice block with a volume of 100 000 m3 and area extent
of 3000 m2 (Perşoiu et al. 2011).
MATERIAL AND METHODS
The byophytes enumerated below were collected from Apuseni
Mountains between 22-25 October 2006 by Tamás Pócs, Irina Goia,
Zoltán Tóth and identified by Tamás Pócs and Andrea Sass-
Gyarmati. The collection was made in various vegetation types:
bogs, meadows, beech and spruce forests and subalpine belts. The
Romanian distribution of mosses was established from Plămadă
(1998) and Mohan (1998), while that of the liverworts from
Ştefănuţ (2008). The nomenclature of liverworts follows Ştefănuţ
(2008) modified by Söderström et al. (2016), nomenclature of
mosses follows Hill et al. (2006), except Racomitrium affine which
was recently included to Bucklandiella (F. Weber & D. Mohr)
Bednarek-Ochyra & Ochyra (Ochyra et al. 2003). The classification
of liverworts (Marchantiophyta) follows Söderström et al. (2016),
while the classification of mosses (Bryophyta) follows Goffinet and
Shaw (2009). The species in each family are arranged in
alphabetical order. Species names are followed by the collecting site
number, and by the substrate on which they were grown. The
collected specimens are deposited in the Herbarium of Eger (EGR).
The collecting sites are listed in the Appendix.

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RESULTS
List of species
During the field study, 94 bryophyte species were found in the
investigated area. The 25 Marchantiophyta and 69 Bryophyta
species belong to 73 genera of 42 families.
Marchantiophyta
Conocephalaceae
Conocephalum conicum (L.) Dumort. – 13: on irrigated rocks
Marchantiaceae
Preissia quadrata (Scop.) Nees – 2: on limestone rocks
Aneuraceae
Aneura pinguis (L.) Dumort. – 2, 12: on limestone rocks
Anastrophyllaceae
Barbilophozia barbata (Schmidel ex Schreb.) Loeske – 9: on
volcanic rocks Lepidoziaceae
Bazzania trilobata (L.) Gray. – 5: lignicolous
Lepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort – 5: on volcanic rocks; 10:
lignicolous Cephaloziaceae
Cephalozia pleniceps (Austin) Lindb. – 13: on vertical cliff
Lophoziaceae
Lophozia ventricosa (Dicks.) Dumort. – 5: on volcanic rocks.
Scapaniaceae
Scapania aequiloba (Schwagr.) Dumort. – 12: on vertical cliff
Scapania calcicola (S.W. Arnell & J. Perss.) Ingham – 13: on
limestone rocks
Scapania nemorea (L.) Grolle – 5, 9: on volcanic rocks
Jubulaceae
Frullania dilatata (L.) Dumort. – 1, 3, 12, 13: on bark

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Jungermanniaceae
Jungermannia atrovirens Dumort. – 12, 13: on limestone rocks
Tritomaria exsecta (Schmidel) Schiffn. ex Loeske – 5, 10:
lignicolous Blepharostomataceae
Blepharostoma trichophyllum (L.) Dumort – 5: on volcanic rocks;
10: lignicolous Lophocoleaceae
Lophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort. – 8, 12: on decaying
log Plagiochilaceae
Pedinophyllum interruptum (Nees) Kaal. – 12: on limestone rocks
Plagiochila porelloides (Torr. ex Nees) Lindenb. – 12: on limestone
rocks Trichocoleaceae
Trichocolea tomentella (Ehrh.) Dumort. – 5: twigs of a dead spruce
Radulaceae
Radula complanata (L.) Dumort. – 12, 13: on bark
Ptilidiaceae
Ptilidium pucherrimum (Weber) Hampe – 10: on spruce roots
Metzgeriaceae
Apometzgeria pubescens (Schrank) Kuwah. – 12: on limestone
rocks
Metzgeria conjugata Lindb. – 12: on bark
Lejeuneaceae
Cololejeunea calcarea (Lib.) Schiffn. – 13: on limestone rocks
Lejeunea cavifolia (Ehrh.) Lindb. – 13: on limestone rocks
Bryophyta
Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum angustifolium (C.E.O. Jensen ex Russow) C.E.O. Jensen –
7: transition spring bog
Sphagnum capillifolium (Ehrh.) Hedw. – 5, 8: on raised bog
Sphagnum fuscum (Schimp.) Klinggr. – 8: on raised bog
Sphagnum girgensohnii Russ. – 5, 8: on turf

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Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. – 6, 8: on turf
Sphagum subsecundum Nees – 7: transition spring bog
Tetraphidaceae
Tetraphis pellucida Hedw. – 10: lignicolous
Polytrichaceae
Polytrichum strictum Menzies – 8: on raised bog
Polytrichum longisetum Sw. ex Brid. – 5: on peaty soil
Encalyptaceae
Encalypta streptocarpa Hedw. – 1: on limestone rocks
Encalypta vulgaris Hedw. – 1: on limestone rocks
Grimmiaceae
Grimmia hartmanii Schimp. – 9: on volcanic rocks.
Bucklandiella affinis (F. Weber & D. Mohr) Bednarek-Ochyra &
Ochyra, Syn.: Racomitrium affine (F. Web. et D. Mohr) Lindb. – 5:
on soil
Schistidium apocarpum (Hedw.) Bruch & Schimp. – 10: on
limestone rocks Seligeriaceae
Seligeria acutifolia Lindb. – 13: on vertical cliff
Seligeria patula (Lindb.) I. Hagen – 13: on vertical cliff
Fissidentaceae
Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. – 12: on limestone rocks
Fissidens dubius P. Beauv. – 2: on limestone rocks
Dicranaceae
Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. – 10: lignicolous
Dicranum scoparium Hedw. – 5: on bog; 10 on Picea roots; 11: on
rotten spruce stumps
Dicranum fuscescens Sm. – 8: on raised bog
Dicranum montanum Hedw. – 10: on rotten spruce stumps
Paraleucobryum longifolium (Ehrh. ex Hedw.) Loeske – 5: on
volcanic rocks Pottiaceae
Barbula crocea (Brid.) F. Weber & D. Mohr – 2, 13: on limestone
rocks

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Bryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrum (Hedw.) P.C.Chen – 9: on
volcanic rocks
Didymodon fallax (Hedw.) R. H. Zander – 2: on vertical cliff
Didymodon ferrugineus (Schimp. ex Besch.) M.O.Hill – 2: on
limestone rocks
Gymnostomum aeruginosum Smith. – 13: on vertical cliff
Syntrichia norvegica F. Weber – 10: on limestone rocks
Tortella tortuosa (Hedw.) Limpr. – 1, 2: on soil; 10, 12: on
limestone rocks Orthotrichaceae
Orthotrichum anomalum Hedw. – 4: bark of Fagus
Orthotrichum speciosum Nees –12, 13: bark of Salix
Ulota crispa (Hedw.) Brid. – 4: bark of Fagus, 5: on Picea twigs, 12:
bark of Salix Hedwigiaceae
Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P. Beauv. var. ciliata – 9: on volcanic
rocks Bryaceae
Bryum capillare Hedw. var. capillare – 13: on limestone rocks
Bryum pseudotriquetrum (Hedw.) P. Gaertn. – 2, 9: on rocks
Plagiobryum zieri (Hedw.) Lindb. – 13: on limestone rocks
Mniaceae
Mnium marginatum (Dicks.) P. Beauv. – 12: on limestone rocks
Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T. J. Kop. – 13: on earth covered
rocks
Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) Lindb. – 13: on earth covered rocks
Pohlia wahlenbergii (F. Weber & D. Mohr.) A. L. Andrews – 13: on
limestone rocks
Rhizomnium punctatum (Hedw.) T. J. Kop. – 10: lignicolous; 13: on
irrigated rocks Aulacomniaceae
Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwaegr. – 7: transition bog
Amlystegiaceae
Amblystegium serpens (Hedw.) Schimp. – 11: on bark
Campylium chrysophyllum (Brid.) Lange – 2: on limestone rocks
Campylium protensum (Brid.) Kindb. – 7: transition bog
Campylium stellatum (Hedw.) Lange & C.E.O. Jensen – 7: transition
bog

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Sanionia uncinata (Hedw.) Loeske – 5: twigs of a dead spruce; 6:
on irrigated soil Hylocomiaceae
Hylocomium splendens (Hedw.) Schimp. – 5, 12, 13: on limestone
rocks
Pleurozium schreberi (Willd. ex Brid.) Mitt. – 13: on soil
Rhytidiadelpus triquetrus (Hedw.) Warnst. – 13: on limestone
rocks Rhytidiaceae
Rhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb. – 1: on soil
Thuidiaceae
Abietinella abietina (Hedw.) M. Fleisch. – 3: on soil
Abietinella abietina (Hedw.) M. Fleisch. var. hystricosa (Mitt.)
Sakurai – 3: on limestone rocks
Brachytheciaceae
Brachythecium rutabulum (Hedw.) Schimp. –12: on limestone
rocks
Homalothecium sericeum (Hedw.) Schimp. – 12: on limestone
rocks
Eurhynchium angustirete (Broth.) T.J. Kop. – 12: on limestone
rocks Plagiotheciaceae
Plagiothecium denticulatum (Hedw.) Schimp. – 8: raised bog, on
litter
Platydictya jungermannioides (Brid.) Crum – 1: on earth covered
soil Hypnaceae
Calliergonella cuspidata (Hedw.) Loeke – 5: on soil
Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt. – 2, 12, 13: on limestone rocks
Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. – 11: on bark, 13: on limestone
rocks
Orthothecium rufescens (Dicks. ex Brid.) Schimp. – 12, 13: on
limestone rocks
Ptilium crista-castrensis (Hedw.) De Not. – 13: on limestone rocks
Calliergonaceae
Straminergon stramineum (Dicks. ex Brid.) Hedenas – 6: on
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Warnstorfia exannulata (Schimp.) Loeske – 8: raised bog, on litter
Neckeraceae
Neckera crispa Hedw. – 12: on limestone rock
Neckera complanata (Hedw.) Hüb. – 12, 13: on limestone rocks
Leskeaceae
Leskeella nervosa (Brid.) Loeske – 12: on limestone rocks
DISCUSSION
Trichocolea tomentella (Ehrh.) Dumort. – it is reported only from
two localities from the Bihor Mountains: Galbena Valley, 750 m alt.,
08.1999 (Jakab 2000) and Cetăţile Ponorului, AB 46°33'55"N /
22°42'15"E, 1050 m alt., 3.09.2007, leg. & det. Ştefănuţ S. [BUCA
B3827]. Based on Mohan (1998) it occurs sporadically in Retezat,
Bucegi, Cibin, Arpaşului Mountains, tinovul Poiana Ştampei, Băile
Chirui, Valea Ialomiţei, Cascada cu şapte scări, Piatra Mare
Mountain, Iezer - Păpuşa Mountains.
Abietinella abietina (Hedw.) M. Fleisch. var. hystricosa (Mitt.)
Sakurai – it is known only from one locality in Romania from
Pângăraţi valley near Piatra Neamţ (Mihai 1976), but missing from
the checklist of Mohan (1998). It was collected by us on the
limestone rocks of Scăriţa-Belioara. Another record was published
by Pócs (2006) from Scărişoara. It is considered nowadays on
molecular basis to be a separate species under the old name of
Abietinella hystricosa (Mitt.) Broth.
Barbula crocea (Brid.) F. Weber & D. Mohr – European-
mediterranean species and is treated as near threatened (NT) in
Romania (Ştefănuţ & Goia, 2012). It is known from few localities in
the Apuseni Mountains: Vl. Seacă, Băiţa and Şuncuiuş, here
collected from Ordâncuşa gorge and Cheile Posăgii gorge (Figure 1,
2). Also known just from few localities in the country: Borsec, Piatra
Craiului, Bucegi and Ciucaş Mountains, Cristianul Mare and Piatra
Mare Mountain (Mohan 1998).

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Figure 1. Barbula crocea (Brid.) F. Weber & D. Mohr, habit (photo: T. Pócs).

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Figure 2. Barbula crocea (Brid.) F. Weber & D. Mohr, leaf and gemma (scale by 8
µm) (photo: T. Pócs).
Seligeria acutifolia (Lindb.) Broth. – is mainly sub-mediterranean
and montane taxon (Düll 1984), widely scattered throughout
Europe. Besides on Sicily it has also been found on the Italian
mainland, in Belgium, (former) Czechoslovakia, France, Germany,
Great Britain and Greece, on Ireland, in Norway, Poland, Romania,
Sweden and former Yugoslavia (Düll 1985). It occurs in limestone
rock crevices, data deficient (DD) in Romania (Ştefănuţ & Goia
2012). We have found it on a shaded limestone rocks at the
narrowest part of Cheile Ordâncuşei gorge at 850 m alt.
Seligeria patula (Lindb.) Broth. – is an Alpine-Carpathian species,
it was observed at several other places in the Bihor Mts., as in
Ordâncuşa Valley, Galbena gorge, at Barsa ice cave and from Boghii
Valley, near the Oşelu waterfall (Pócs 2006). Seligeria patula,
similarly to S. tristicha, is always embedded in a thin or thick layer
of cryptobiotic crust dominated by cyanobacteria.
Campylium protensum (Brid.) Kindb. – is an endangered species in
Romania, many bryfloristical works did not separated it from its

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very close relative and more frequent C. stellatum. The high red list
category of C. protensum should be reevaluated after taxonomical
revision of herbarium specimens and future fieldworks, to provide
the reliable distribution.
Platydictya jungermannioides (Brid.) Crum – the species is
treated as near threatened (NT) in Romania (Ştefănuţ & Goia 2012).
Distribution based on Mohan (1998): Piatra Craiului Mountains,
Cristianul Mare Mountains, Cluj cimitery, Cărpiniş forest, Retezat
Mountains, Laptelui Mountains, Puzdra Mountains, Neamţ county:
Măgura-Petricica, Bucegi Mountains, Făgăraş Mountains, Ouşoru
Mountains.
Syntrichia norvegica F. Weber – this species is treated as
vulnerable in Romania (Ştefănuţ & Goia 2012). New to the Apuseni
Mountains communicated in the country only from Retezat, Făgăraş
Mountains and from Schitul Obârşia Ialomiţei (Mohan 1998).
Circumpolar, Arctic-montane, strongly calcicolous element.
Montane and northern Europe north to Svalbard, Iceland, Caucasus,
Turkey, Cyprus, Asia, Madeira, N. Africa, N. America, Greenland and
Mexico (Smith 2004).
Acknowledgement – The first author thanks to the grant EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-
00001 “Complex improvement of research capacities and services at the
Eszterházy Károly University” for supporting this article. The authors would like to
thank our reviewers, Irina Goia (Cluj-Napoca) and Péter Szűcs (Eger) for their
useful comments to the manuscript.
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APPENDIX
List of collecting sites from the Apuseni Mts. (Nyugati
Szigethegység):
1. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok), Rezervaţia Şesu Craiului –
Scăriţa Belioara (Bélavár). Şesu Craiului ridge, 2.5 km N of
Poşaga de Sus (Felsőpodsága). 1350-1370 m alt. N 46°29’46.1”, E
23°21’56.9” Hab.: Dry Festuco-Caricetum humilis sward on the
steep (45°) S slope above the limestone cliffs. Date: 22. Oct. 2006
Coll.: T. Pócs, I. Goia & Z. Tóth. No. 06090
2. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok), Cheile Poşegii, 500 m, N of
Mănăstirea Poşaga in the gorge. N 46°27'30.5", E 23°23'53.1"
Hab.: N facing, shady limestone rocks with scattered Sesleria
rigida and abundant Selaginella helvetica. Date: 23. Oct. 2006
Coll.: T. Pócs & Z. Tóth. No. 06093
3. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok), Rezervaţia Şesu Craiului –
Scăriţa Belioara (Bélavár). Belioara Valley below the huge, SSE
facing cliffs at 710-720 m alt. N 46°29.143', E 23°22.229' Hab.:
Limestone scree covered by Corylus bush. Date: 23. Oct. 2006.
Coll.: T. Pócs & Z. Tóth. No. 06095
4. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok), Rezervat Şesu Craiului – Scăriţa
Belioara (Bélavár). Belioara Valley below the huge, SSE facing
cliffs at 920-1000 m alt. N 46°29.502', E 23°22.954'. Hab.: Beech
(Fagus silvatica) forest. Date: 23. Oct. 2006. Coll.: T. Pócs & Z.
Tóth. No. 06096
5. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok), complex of Muntele Mare
(Öreghavas). Valea Mare NE of Bistra below Cheleteni village, at
920 m alt. N 46°26'40", E 23°07'44.5". Hab.: Acidiphilous spruce
forest on volcanic rocks and scree. Date: 24. Oct. 2006. Coll.: T.
Pócs & Z. Tóth. No. 06097
6. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok). W end of the plateau of Muntele
Mare (Öreghavas) near the saddle to Vf. Prislop, at 1685 m alt. N
46°29'30.9", E 23°12'31.4". Hab.: Complex of transition, spring
and raised peat bog. Date: 24. Oct. 2006. Coll.: T. Pócs & Z. Tóth.
No. 06098
7. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok). NW part of the plateau of
Muntele Mare (Öreghavas), W from the mean summit, at 1715-
1725 m alt. N 46°29'36.4", E 23°12'50.2". Hab.: Transition spring
bog with Carex hartmanii. Date: 24. Oct. 2006. Coll.: T. Pócs & Z.
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8. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok). NW part of the plateau of
Muntele Mare (Öreghavas), 1.5 km W from the mean summit,
near the springs of Iara River, place called "Gemenele Ţiganului"
at 1716-1725 m alt. N 46°29'51.7", E 23°13'09.0". Hab.: Big,
raised bog (Eriophoro vaginatae- Sphagnetum). Date: 24. Oct.
2006. Coll.: T. Pócs & Z. Tóth. No. 06100
9. Munţii Gilăului (Gyalui Havasok), complex of Muntele Mare
(Öreghavas). Valea Mare NE of Bistra at 716 m alt. N 46°24'37.5",
E 23°06'34.1". Hab.: Spruce forest on volcanic ground with open
lava rocks. Date: 24. Oct. 2006. Coll.: T. Pócs & Z. Tóth. No. 06101
10. Munţii Bihorului (Bihar Hegység), S ridge of Dealu Bocului 1 km
NW of Scărişoara Ice Cave, at 1200-1290 m alt. N 46°29'39.9", E
22°48'19.3". Hab.: Mixed Fagus-Abies-Picea forest on limestone
ground, alternating with openings. Date: 25. Oct. 2006. Coll.: T.
Pócs & Z. Tóth. No. 06102
11. Munţii Bihorului (Bihar Hegység), 200-700 m N of Scărişoara
Ice Cave near the Avenul din Şesuri sinkhole, at 1200 m alt. N
46°29'27.6", E 22°48'22.7". Hab.: Mixed Fagus-Abies-Picea forest
on limestone ground. Date: 25. Oct. 2006. Coll.: T. Pócs & Z. Tóth.
No. 06103
12. Munţii Bihorului (Bihar Hegység), Cheile Ordâncuşei gorge NE
of Gârda de Sus village, near the Poarta lui Ionele cave, at 775 m
alt. N 46°27'59.8", E 22°50'17.55". Hab.: Shady limestone cliffs
with Seslerietum rigidae. Date: 25. Oct. 2006. Coll.: T. Pócs & Z.
Tóth. No. 06104
13. Munţii Bihorului (Bihar Hegység), northern, very narrow part of
Cheile Ordâncuşei gorge ("Seligeria Canyon") NE of Gârda de Sus
village, at 850 m alt. N 46°28'30", E 22°50'30". Hab.: Shady,
vertical limestone cliffs, almost no phanerogams. Date: 25. Oct.
2006. Coll.: T. Pócs & Z. Tóth. No. 06105