The moss flora in selected areas of Villamor Air Base

• Main Authors: Castellano, Claire Ann L., Lavin, Suzette P., Sarangaya, Sheila Marie E.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Mosses > Anatomy; Plants > Identification
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8438
• Institution: De La Salle University

A taxonomic study was done on mosses found in selected areas of Villamor Air Base, Pasay City during the months of July-August 1994 and February 1995. Specimens were identified based on their morphological characteristics. The keys of Bartram (1939), Del Rosario (1979, 1980, 1986), defended theses of Diano and Eugenio (1993) and Ayson, Bhopal, and de Mata (1993) were used for the identification of the specimen collected. A total of 14 species were collected belonging to 9 genera, 8 families, 1 order, 1 class and 1 division. The following identified species were: Barbula javanica, Barbula obscuriretis, Bryum coronatum, Calyperes tenerum, Fissidens asplenoides, Fissidens braunii, Fissidens pulogensis, Fissidens xiphoides, Fissidens zollingeri, Hyophila rosea, Microdus leibergii, Orthomnium loheri, Splachnobryum luzonense, and Thamnium negrosense. Ecological factors such as temperature, light intensity and relative humidity were measured and the average values ranged from 27.92 degrees celcius - 29.68 degrees celcius, 368.06-1555.68 ft. candles, and 66.15 percent - 80.73 percent respectively. Mosses were found on rocks, cemented fences, tree trunks, stone walls, and other moist areas.