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Zaragoza, 4 feb (EFE) .- Pyrenean Institute of Ecology of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas (CSIC) has developed a catalog of nearly 700 species of bryophytes, mosses, popularly known as existing in Aragon.
The list, available on the Internet, including biology, the history of its study, habitat, abundance and morphology, among other data, indicate sources of CSIC in a press release.
The digital edition of the catalog of the bryophytes of Aragon was held in the Herbarium Jaca and has been sponsored by the Department of Environment, Government of Aragon.
Mosses play important ecological functions, such as creating soil to colonize bare rock surfaces, to form humÃfero forest mulch, to retain large volumes of water and shelter to many small creatures essential to soil biology.
The CSIC bryologists Marta Infante, responsible for the development of the catalog, says in the memo that the role of the Moss makes your collection, especially at Christmas time, "involving environmental damage and depletion of biodiversity of a place."
And Patxi Heras, bryologists Pyrenean Institute of Ecology, adding that in most species growth is quite slow and may take more than fifteen years for a stone back to having the coating moss to be removed.
adds that "we must be careful when buying natural moss for the cribs in retail and Christmas fairs, and check that has not been taken abusively, almost industrial" adds.
To protect this type of bryophytes, a term which also includes lichens, liverworts, algae and ferns, the researchers recommend, in case you want to decorate the crib with natural moss, collect directly from the field, taking small amounts of several sites to avoid taking leave carpets and bare soil.
It is also important not to throw it away after Christmas, but reuse, because if it dries well, is stored in a plastic bag and protected from dust and light, you can use every Christmas along decades. "EFE
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