MOSSES AND LIVERWORTS OF THE KALAMAZOO NATURE CENTER A PRELIMINARY SURVEY

摘要

During the summer of 2004, I made seven visits to the Kalamazoo Nature Center's 1100 acre tract at 7000 N. Westnedge Ave., approximately 5 miles north of Kalamazoo, Michigan. The visits lasted about three hours each. Six visits were made to differentparts of the tract to collect moss and liverwort specimens. The seventh visit was made to place labels for the seven most common liverworts and mosses along trails in the hope that a guide sheet could be prepared and given to visitors interested in learning about these plants. Mr. Tyler Bassett of the KNC research staff accompanied all my visits to insure that areas collected were properly identified. He also independently collected a number of specimens for inclusion in this report. This study was conducted as part of the KNC Bioinventory project and was supported by a grant from the Hanes Fund.