On the bryophyte flora of the dark coniferous forests in the Southern Ural

Bryophyte flora of 5 associations of South-Ural boreal dark coniferous forests (alliance Piceion excelsae ) has been characterized. 138 bryophytes (115 mosses and 23 liverwort) including the rare for the European part of Russia species ( Dicranum viride, Frullania bolanderi, Entodon concinnus, E. schleicheri, Iwatsukiella leucotricha ) have been revealed. In comparison with green moss spruce forests of Russian plains the bryophyte flora of of South-Ural boreal mountain forests is characterized by lower constancy of sphagnum mosses and liverworts and more high presence of epylitic species and bryophytes which are typical for broad-leaved, broad-leaved-dark coniferous and hemiboreal forests.