New national and regional bryophyte records, 64

Abstract

Although this species is considered quite common in Italy (Cortini Pedrotti 2006), the last known record of Neckera pennata for the Liguria Region dates back to the late 1800s (Fleischer 1893). This species is found in Italy only from Piemonte, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Calabria and, before 1950, Lombardia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Toscana, Lazio and Sardegna (Aleffi et al. 2008). Neckera pennata was found at the base of a basalt breccia rocky wall within a beech forest (Fagus sylvatica L., referring to Fagetalia order), in a shady and fresh position. The outcrop is characterised by a discontinuous rupicolous community dominated by ferns (e.g.: Asplenium trichomanes L., A. septentrionale (L.) Hoffm. Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh.– referring to the Asplenietea class) and mosses (e.g.: Ctenidium molluscum (Hedw.) Mitt., Amblystegium serpens (Hedw.) Schimp., Scorpiurium circinatum (Brid.) M.Fleisch. & Loeske and Pohlia cruda (Hedw.) Lindb.