Ecological parameter: LANDOLT Bryophytes - moisture Switzerland (Alpine region)

Parameter group: habitat related parameters

Explanation:
The moisture value indicates the average soil moisture during the growth period in places where the species most frequently occurs. Low values indicate low soil moisture and high values high soil moisture.

Landolt, E., Bäumler, B., Erhardt, A., Hegg, O., Klötzli, F., Lämmler, W., Nobis, M., Rudmann-Maurer, K., Schweingruber, F.H., Theurillat, J.-P., Urmi, E., Vust, M. & Wohlgemuth, T. (2010): Flora indicativa - Ökologische Zeigerwerte und biologische Kennzeichen zur Flora der Schweiz und der Alpen, 2. Aufl., Haupt Verlag, Bern, Stuttgart, Wien, 378pp.

Type of assignment: single category assignment system (including variation)
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Abbreviations:

Category name:	Abbreviations:	Explanation:
1	1	very dry: exposed substrates in regions with low precipitation or in places protected from rain
2	2	dry: exposed substrates in places with low humidity (mostly rocks) or ground in regions with low precipitation
3	3	mesic: medium moisture conditions
4	4	moist: substrate drying out only rarely, though hardly ever submerged
5	5	wet: substrate never dry but frequently or permanently submerged
x	x	indifferent
variation		range of variation regarding the moisture value: I - small variation, II - large variation

Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:

Taxagroup	Number of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Bryopsida	123 / 213 - 57.7%
Marchantiopsida	43 / 62 - 69.3%