Bryophytic flora of Sphagnum magellanicum Brid. mires from Tierra del Fuego National Park (Ushuaia, Argentina)

MARTÍN SOUTO; DANIEL CASTRO; VERONICA ANDREA PANCOTTO; M. ISABEL FRAGA

Simposio; ICGM Field Symposium; 2010

ICGM

Bryological studies were carried out in three mires of Sphagnum magellanicum raised bogs from the National Park of Tierra del Fuego (Ushuaia, Argentina): LN (Laguna Negra, 54º 50` S, 68º 35´ W); LP (“Laguna Pequeña”, 54º50´ S 68º30´ W) and LT (Lapataia, 54º51´ S 68º35´ W). The main goal of this study is to improve the knowledge about the bryophytic flora, including ecological and biogeographic taxa information, because papers on bryophytes in S. Magellanicum mires are scarce, especially in Tierra del Fuego, where most of the references are from Chile and Subantarctic Islands (Hassel et al., 2009) and recent bryological studies have shown that the Subantarctic Magellanean region is a hotspot of bryophyte diversity worldwide