abstract

A phytosociological study on the bryophyte vegetation of the VulcanoIsland is presented. Some associations and two bryophyte communities are found; they are included in the phytosociological classes Barbuletea unguiculatae Mohan 1978, Cladonio-Lepidozietea reptantis Jezek & Vondrácek 1962 em. Marstaller 1993, Racomitrietea heterostichi Neumayr 1971, Grimmietea anodontis Hadàc et Vondrácek in Jezek et Vondrácek 1962, and Frullanio dilatatae-Leucodontetea sciuroidis Mohan 1978. The data came out from this study show the condition of an island under strong anthropic pressure.

keywords

Aeolian islands, bryophytes, phytosociology, Sicily, syntaxonomy, Vulcano