Flora y vegetation briof�tica higro-hidr�fila de la comunidad Valenciana (Este de Espa�a)

1999

The bryophyte flora and vegetation have been studied in aquatic and wet environments of Valencia County (eastern Spain). A catalogue of 74 taxa is given, 3 species are new for eastern Spain and 6 for provinces of Valencia County (Valencia = 4, Castellon = 2). Aquatic communities have been studied according to the Braun-Blanquet (1952) method. Nine associations belonging to the classes Adiantetea, Montio-Cardaminetea and Platyhypnidio-Fontinalietea have been recognized. One association has been described as new, Fontinaletum hypnoidis ass. nova, which always grows submerged in calcareous, unpolluted and flowing water. Ecological and syntaxonomical data on problematical communities in the Med…