The terricolous and saxicolous bryophytes of the Jbel Bouhalla (Rif Cordillera, M orocco) have been studied. This mountainous system, characterized by basic geology, contains the largest and best conserved forest of Abies pinsapo subsp. maroccana in Northern Africa. The catalogue is composed of 121 taxa, of which 108 are mosses and 13 liverworts. Of these, nine are new to the African continent ( Acaulon mediterraneum , Claopodium whippleanum , Gymnostomum lanceolatum , Hedwigia stellata , Orthotrichum cupulatum var. baldacci, Schistidium brunnescens subsp. griseum, S. crassipilum , Scorpiurium sendtneri , Seligeria acutifolia), Eurhynchium schleicheri is new for mainland Africa, and seven are new records for Morocco ( Barbula enderesii , Bryum dunense , Campyliadelphus chrysophyllus , Fissidens dubius , Hedwigia ciliata var. leucophaea, Pleuridium acuminatum , Pseudoleskeella catenulata).
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