THE BRYOPHYTE RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY OF TAMÁS PÓCS’S PRIVATE DOMESTIC GARDEN

Abstract

This paper presents the bryophyte diversity of Tamás Pócs’s house garden in Felsőtárkány village (NE Hungary). Altogether 49 taxa (2 liverworts and 47 mosses) were recorded from the noted bryologist’s private garden. More than half of the species (57%) belong to the three families: Orthotrichaceae, Pottiaceae and Brachytheciaceae. Compared with nearby surveyed parks and botanical gardens, the private garden has outstanding bryophyte richness in relation to the size of its area. In terms of species composition the garden shows the greatest similarity to the Central park of Eger town among the nearby localities. Recent data of Entodon concinnus is the fifth occurrence in the country and the first from North East Hungary.