The MOVECLIM – AZORES project: Bryophytes from São Miguel Island (2013)

(Nordeste, Lomba da Fazenda, Miradouro do Pelado) to 1000 m a.s.l. (Nordeste, Santo António Nordestinho, Planalto dos Graminhais) to obtain a systematic inventory of the bryophytes living in natural environments.

A total of six sites were examined, separated by approximately 200 m elevation steps. At each site, two 10 m x 10 m plots were established within 10-15 m from each other, and within each plot, three 2 m x 2 m quadrats were randomly selected and sampled for bryophytes using microplots of 10 cm x 5 cm, collected into paper bags. Six substrates were studied within each quadrat: rock, soil, humus, decaying wood, tree bark and leaves/fronds; three replicates were made for each substrate, whenever available and colonized by bryophytes.