Forty moss taxa comprising 15 families were identified from 17 abandoned coalmines or exposed coal seams in western Pennsylvania. Aulacomnium palustre, Ceratodon purpure us, Dicranella heteromalla, and Pohlia nutans were most frequently collected. Pohlia nutans was observed in the harshest environments. Noteworthy, less frequently collected species included Barbula convoluta, B. indica, and Didymodon tophaceus.
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1 March 2010
Mosses Associated with Coalmines and Coal Seams in Western Pennsylvania
Donald D. Davis,
John J. Atwood
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Evansia
Vol. 27 • No. 1
March 2010
Vol. 27 • No. 1
March 2010
coalmines
moss
western Pennsylvania