NBS Field Excursion and Meeting 2011
The
Annual Excursion and Meeting of the Nordic Bryological
Society will be held on Öland in Sweden, June
3-6, 2011. Öland is the second largest Swedish island
and the smallest of the traditional provinces of Sweden. It is located in
the Baltic Sea just off the coast of Småland. The
island is separated from the mainland by the Kalmar Strait and connected to
it by the 6 km Öland Bridge.
Öland is famous for its alvar,
a very large area of limestone pavement. This challenging habitat supports
a community of many rare mosses and lichens. The southern temperate group
of species dominates the flora. However, also some alpine relict species
from the glacial age are among the flora palette of the alvar.
A wide variety of wild flowers , some endemics,
are found on the limestone pavement ecosystem. Some of the bryophytes found
include species like the mosses: Brachythecium tommasinii, Encalypta mutica, Encalypta obovatifolia, Entosthodon muhlenbergii, Grimmia tergestina, Plasteurhynchium striatulum, Protobryum bryoides, Pseudocrossidium obtusulum, Pterygoneurum ovatum, Rhodobryum ontariense, Seligeria oelandica, S. pusilla, Syntrichia montana
and Tortella rigens.
Also some rare liverworts are found like:
Athalamia hyalina,
Mannia pilosa, Porella baueri, Riccia ciliifera, R. gothica, R. oelandica and R. warnstorfii.
Beside alvar ground we will have time to visit a deciduous and
coniferous forest typical for the island as well as wetlands.
We have
at the moment reserved accommodations for twenty (20) persons
at the scientific field station “Station Linné” (www.portentillalvaret.se), which is situated close to the
largest alvar area. The excursions will start on
Friday morning June the 3:rd and the last full day
excursion will be on Sunday 5th of June. June 6th is
the departure day. However, for those who want, there will be a short
morning excursion within walking distance from the station.
Please
let us know as soon as possible if you like to join (because of limited
number of participants not later than March
1), by sending a preliminary registration (e-mail or postal) to the
address below. After registration you will receive more information and a
call for final registration.
Crister
Albinsson & Tomas Hallingbäck
For
preliminary registration and further information please contact:
tomas.hallingback@slu.se
ArtDatabanken, SLU
Swedish
Species Information Centre, SLU
Box
7007
750 07
Uppsala
Sweden
Tel:
+46 (0) 18 67 24 67
www.artdata.slu.se
Web-master: Gerhard Kristensson
The page was last updated 2011-02-02