Hypolithic Plants from Carruthers Peak,Snowy Mountains,New South Wales,Australia |
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Authors: | GREGG MÜLLER |
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Affiliation: | Centre for Excellence in Outdoor and Environmental Education, La Trobe University, PO Box 199 Bendigo, Victoria 3552, Australia. Email: g.muller@latrobe.edu.au |
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Abstract: | Hypolithic plants, plants growing under rocks, have been found from a number of climatically extreme, mostly arid sites from the poles to the equator, but there are limited reports from temperate zones. A brief survey in the Kosciuszko Alpine Area of New South Wales, Australia, revealed four species of moss and one liverwort growing beneath diaphanous quartz pebbles in feldmark vegetation communities. The probable restricted nature of this phenomenon and the likely impact of global warming, tourists and recreation management activities raise concerns for its conservation. |
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Keywords: | hypolithic plant alpine moss recreational management feldmark Kosciuszko |
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