SPECIES DIVERSITY OF BRYOPHYTES IN MOUNT KULABOG, LAKEWOOD, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR

A total of 2, 165 individuals of bryophytes were documented in all the research sites in Mount Kulabog, Lakewood comprising one hundred ten (110) species from thirty-five (35) families, from fifty-six (56) (genera). Among these groups of bryophytes there are ninety-one (91) species of mosses with forty-six (46) genera and twenty-six (26) families of liverwortsThis study reveals the variation of bryophytes richness and distribution in the different elevation gradient. The given result in the floristic studies noted that diversity of the bryoflora can be explained in terms of large number of different habitats found on large green old forest growth. Bryophytes that occurs and survived in the (trunks) belong to the family Daltoniaceae, Sematophyllaceae, Meteoriaceae, Thuidiaceae, Hypnaceae, Lophocoleaceae, Leucobryaceae, Dicranaceae, Neckeraceae, Plagiochilaceae, Polytrichaceae, Rhizogoniaceae, Sematophyllaceae, Flatbergiaceae, Hypnodendraceae, Pterobryaceae, Calymperaceae, Thuidiaceae, Hypnaceae, Lepidoziaceae, bryophytes survive in the (moist soil) Pottiaceae, Lepidoziaceae, Bryaceae, Calymperaceae, Lejeuneaceae, Fissidentaceae, Neckeraceae, Hypnaceae, Lejeuneaceae, Orthotrichaceae, Marchantiaceae, Daltoniaceae, Meteoriaceae, Brachytheciaceae, Pallaviciniaceae, Bartramiaceae, Mniaceae, Pterobryaceae, Bryaceae, Aneuraceae, Schistochilaceae, Cryphaeaceae, Sematophyllaceae, Lejeuneaceae, bryophytes that survivred in the (twigs and branch) are Meteoriaceae, Hypnaceae, Thuidiaceae, Fissidentaceae, Neckeraceae, Octoblepharaceae, some bryophytes also occur in the (rock and leaves) specifically Entodontaceae, Thuidiaceae, Fissidentaceae, Calymperaceae, PlagiocAs the hilaceae, Sematophyllaceae. The highest number of families species includes Fissidentaceae ( 11 species, 2 genera), Leucobryaceae ( 10 species, 1 genus), Thuidiaceae (10 species, 3 genera), Sematophyllaceae (7 species, 4 genera). Station As the research study reveal Station 1, 2, 3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ,7 ,8 ,9 ,10 indicates a moderate abundance diversity with the value 0.47, 0.43, 0.38, 0.31, 0.39, 0.35, 0.45, 0.46, 0.40, 0.45 with an overall result of 0.40 indicated from all station 1-10 which has a moderate value. The diversity and abundance of Mount Kulabog, Lakewood, Zamboanga Del Sur was in range of stable and high diversity value which represented that the area are not disturbed.