Contrasting Arboreal and Terrestrial Bryophytes Communities of the Mount Halimun Salak National Park, West Java

摘要: Bryophytes are frequently neglected due to its small size and their economical value is not much known. However, a recent study (Harris 2008) listed about 150 ethnobotanical species of bryophytes; about 27 percent of those species are used in traditional Chinese medicine including which is used for treating nervous disorder and cardiovascular disease. This species is also found at Mount Gede Pangrango National Park (Hasan & Ariyanti 2004). Bryophytes occupy a wide range of habitats, colonizing various terrestrial substrates, tree trunks and tree canopies. Bryophytes represent important components of forest floor and epiphyte communities in many ecosystems, contributing to forest diversity, structure and ecosystem-level processes. Even bryophytes especially liverworts are abundant and dominant in “cloud” or “mossy” forest.