DOI: 10.36347/sajb.2013.v01i05.009

Pages: 198-199

Bryophytes are transitional plants between water and land which prefers to grow in moist and cool conditions. Very little information was available on the Bryophytes of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh. Present communication deals with the species composition and distribution of Bryophytes at Simhachalam hills, Visakhapatnam. Quantitative data was collected by using 0.25x0.25 M quadrate and 60 quadrate samples were collected during January to December 2013. A total of 6 genera and 9 species were recorded in this study with maximum density for Polytrichum densiflorum and minimum density for the species Plagiochasma rupestre. Environmental parameters of the study site also discussed.