Turkish blanket bogs and Sphagnum (Bryophyta) diversity of these blanket bogs

Mesut KIRMACI, Aslı SEMİZ, Fulya FİLİZ, Uğur ÇATAK

Abstract

Ombrotrophic bogs (called raised/blanket bogs), which are one of the special habitats that host bryophytes, are acidic and poor in mineral salts, and very limited numbers of organisms can cope with such extreme conditions. There are very limited blanket bogs in Turkey such as the Ağaçbaşı Peatland, Barma Yaylası Peatland, Yılanlıtaş Yaylası Peatland (Trabzon), Kabaca–Petek Yaylası Peatland, Sazak Peatland (Artvin) and Ciğer Gölü Peatland (Çanakale). Except the Ciğer Gölü Peatland, all of them are located at the north-eastern part of Turkey. Among them Yılanlıtaş Yaylası and Ciğer Gölü are almost extinct. Although the diversity of moss on peatlands is poor, Sphagnum is the most known and remarkable taxon of these areas. A total of 21 taxa belong to genus  Sphagnum were collected from these peatlands. S. subsecundum, S. platyphyllum, S. nemoreum, S. girgensohnii, S. compactum, S. centrale and S. angustifolium were found as the most common taxa.

Keywords

Blanket Bog, Sphagnum, Turkey, Doğu Karadeniz Dağları

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