Bryophyte flora of Papart High Plateau and its surroundings (Artvin)

This study examines the bryophyte flora of Papart High Plateau (Şavşat, Artvin) and its surroundings in Turkey's Eastern Black Sea Region. Four field studies were conducted between July 25, 2022, and June 19, 2023, and approximately 1000 bryophyte samples were collected from 9 stations during different periods of vegetation. As a result of the examination of the bryophyte samples, a total of 243 taxa (species, subspecies and varieties) belonging to 58 families and 108 genera were identified. Of these, 1 taxon hornwort, 39 taxa liverworts, and 203 taxa mosses. Scapania mucronata, Scapania praetervisa, Solenostoma confertissimum, Niphotrichum canescens subsp. latifolium, and Platyhypnum alpinum are new records for the Turkish bryophyte flora. In addition, Scapania cuspiduligera, Dichodontium flavescens, Dicranum transsylvanicum, Schistidium lancifolium, and Orthotrichum crenulatum were reported for the second time in this study. In the biofloristic list, bryophyte taxa are given in accordance with the systematic hierarchy, together with their collection localities, regional distributions in Turkey and ecological characteristics.