Meylania N° 41 Grimmia Wila, Turbenthal, Bauma, Gemeinden – Töss. Wasserweg Informationstafeln http://www.zell.ch/kulturfreizeit/freizeit/tuefelschilen.php Delarze, R.&Y. Gonseth 2008:Lebensräume der Schweiz. –2.Auflage, Bern. Bad IDH, – Lupe derunterMoose 1988 : K. VonDunk, & der K Von Dunk, der Literatur in BezugaufdieMoosflora herauszuarbeiten. UnterschiedeGemeinsamkeitenum und Standortewissen, deren undFlorazu schutzbedürftigen diese über mehr interessant, sicher wäre Es Chilen. Tüfels G. occur : Grimmias, tinguish roadGuttet-Feschel--Jeizinen,the four,fithe in diffi eld dis- to cult with sociation, yards, were encountered. excursions,inventorythe on directedwereGrimmias,of executed some species Leuk, 22 ; of north-east settlement small a Guttet, from 2008, July 15-25 toshaded rockwalls, and scattered boulders formscale rich a of biotops. From plenty,sunnywith combinedgranite, acidic to basalt, neutrallimestone, via basic from formation, rock in diversityThe (1792 m). Saas-Feeand (1616 m) south : Lac de Dix (2364 m), Arolla (1998 m), Lac de Moiry (2249 m), Zermatt LacdeTseuzierLeukerbadandFafl (1777m),(1402m) Toeralp(1787 m). the of number large valley,Hedw.norththis : theFromhabitats. tomeanderglens throughthree a houses , of canton Swiss the of part tral Leuk, outcrops sandstone. Here, the Here,sandstone. outcrops Leuk, tergestinaGrimmia fruiting, richly always autoicous,the with meters some overcovered wall, concrete a found we tet, common very usually montana Wildberg, Winterthur, Zell und Kanton Zürich Münstereifel. On south-facingOn limestone wallsrocksunnyandwallsstaple around vine- cen- Sion, and Brig between valley Rhône running east-west broad, The Grimmia orbicularis Grimmia . Hedw. in the canton of Valais, H e Grimmia ovalis Grimmia d w and . Grimmia pulvinata Grimmia

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, G. , S w caespiticia i t z e r Grimmia l a ass- and n d showed, however, that it was it however,showed,that ficushions,the in identifi eld as cated laevigata elatior Grimmia tended vegetation of boulder,calyptrae,year.big this a slantingofproducedex-thesidein an On brown urns from the previous year and yellow-green young capsules, still with setae, straight on sporophytes of generations two with cushions rounded in common here ratheris Also stem. the round leaves twisted spirally the by caused appearance,string-like a with plantssinglestraightandclusters in apart ing funalis is occurring commonly Also rare. not are setae curved on capsules muchhigher, long-hairpointed the female plants. form Where deviating both forms greatlygrow close together, tips, leaf the on hairpoints visible hardly darkgreenplantslowformswith malegrowmatsbecausein in rich is species form-rich the these, On stream. fordable a along situated are boulders big reservoir,the beneath kilometers G. places some glacier,the and Moiry de Lac between Figure 1 in grayish rounded cushions with long, in dry state, curved hairpoints (Fig. 1). growplants The Sardinia. in mountainsGennargentudistant the in Marmora la Punta from (1911) Herzog by described was It Switzerland. from recorded The Mattertal leads to Zermatt, along the road, at Täsch, on sunny boulders boulders scattered On (2440 m). Moiry de Glacier at d’AnniviersendsVal , characterized by grayish-green cushions, which break up easily,fall- up break which cushions,grayish-green by characterized , Grimmia longirostris (= G.affi nis) , G. alpestris ceptca G.donniana caespiticia, was abundantly present. Other species found werefound : species Other present.abundantly was w as abun , Grimmia unicolor G. montana dan tly Grimmia pilosissima Grimmia pr Grimmia elatior Grimmia and a esen Grimmia funalis Grimmia wasw encountered. t. Grimmia alpestris Grimmia . This autoicous species grows usually as en Grimmia n G. and Oth er coun sessitana species is growing abundantlygrowing is this ; , growing in extremely hairy is ter , a species, not previously not species, a , gr ed. o . Microscopical researchMicroscopical . win f oun lo cus A few A occurs. also is g very common very at ; d abun w er dan e : tly Grimmia Grimmia ; this 42 43 Eureka ! Grimmia in the canton of Valais, Switzerland Meylania N° 41 parking lot, extended vegetations of the hygrophilous hygrophilous the of vegetations extended lot, parking the to close forest, larch the in dioicous boulders On sterile. are sporulating usually which of taxa, occurrence rich the This by humidity. air noticed high be permanent could a is there this, of result a as glaciers, three by surrounded Fafl m), in (1787 ends eralp Lötschental The herbaria. as possibly and recognized not or overlooked been to now has up it that but Switzerland, in localities more in that acceptable is it week, one in record (= Dryptodon patens) patens) Dryptodon (= be absent was shown when, in , we took a chairlift to the Gemmi- the to chairlift a took weLeukerbad, in when,shown was absent be mollis hydrophilousthe glacier, a from coming stream, small a in Arolla, water, seepage by lenbeckii Fafl in : were species eralp fruiting G. and road, the along tion and sporophytes oncurved setae were usually present. with handlense, clearly visible hair-points, grow frequently in mixed cushions leaves and barely visible hair-points, and female plants with linear leaves,lanceolate with and, plants Male species. occurring commonly most the here is it inhabits protected places, between rocks or even on the underside of boulders, treme that only On these tops, e.g. Eggishorn (2927 m), the ecological circumstances are so ex- transverse walls and thinlongitudinal walls (Fig.2). the majority quadrate to short-rectangular chlorophyllous cells with thickened The leaves are ovate-lanceolate, the basal areolation is nearly uniform with for In Val d’Hérens, not far from Les Haudères, on a slanting rock, overflrock,slanting a Haudères,on Les fromVal fard’Hérens, notIn own rockforma- a on Fafl and eralp, Blatten between Lötschental, the In On both sides of the Rhône valley, high tops stand out against the horizon. A detailed description canbefound inGreven (1994). was growing partly submers. That in some parts of Wallis, Grimmias can hartmanii hartmanii and G. and ramondii Grimmia incurva were found, however, both without sporophytes. Richly Richly sporophytes. without both however, found, were rmi unicolor Grimmia Grimmia and again again and . ovalis and G. pilosissima G. Grimmia elatior Grimmia Grimmia montana Grimmia a fud Hge u i te aly at valley, the in up Higher found. was G. alpestris w , G. , as alpestris, f oun Grimmia pilosissima pilosissima Grimmia d. were found. With this second second this With found. were can survive High G. , G. , er montana or G. or longirostris, up rmi anomala Grimmia . ovalis in Grimmia incurva th , G. , should occur occur should e stored in in stored ramondii ramondii v G. Grimmia Grimmia all müh- e y , at Herzog, Th.1911.Une nouvelle espècede Greven, H.C. 1994. References 1995), G. G. 1991), Schnyder record, (one flora), known from Moos-Valais. theIn alsopast, Schweizerhave foundbeen : der Inventar (Nationales NISM of website the to according were found. rock no protonema can settle ; only in fi ssures, some This substrate is for a bryologist a no-go area, because on this extremely solid Wettersteinkalk. rock occurring the found we above, Arrived (2314 m). pass cies. Lindbergia 19 :129-131. With the exception of exception the With elongata , G. Grimmia pilosissima torquata Grimmia and G. decipiens pilosissima trichophylla Herzog, rediscovery of a forgotten spe- Grimmia G. , dissimulata , all above cited Grimmias are, Grimmias cited above all , c. Mattertal. a. Lötschental ; b. Sardinia ; sima 2. Figure . . Revue Bryol. 38: 12-13. Schistidium from three localities : oe eod Maier record (one rmi spinosis- Grimmia Grimmia crinita Grimmia and Pottiacea 44 45 Eureka ! Grimmia in the canton of Valais, Switzerland