Contributions to the Liverwort (Marchantiophyta) Flora of Acarlar Lake Floodplain Forest (Sakarya)

Acarlar Lake Floodplain Forest is one of important floodplain forests and wetlands of Turkey. In this study, the liverwort variety of Acarlar Lake Longoz Forest was investigated. 70 liverwort sample were collected as a result of the field work carried out during different vegetation periods (July 2016 - March 2017). These samples were identified and 18 species belonging to 13 genera and 12 families have been detected. According to the grid-square system, five of these species (Riccia sorocarpa Bisch., Riccia fluitans L., Riccia nigrella DC., Cephalozia ambigua C. Massal., Fossombronia husnotii Corb.) Henderson (1961) are new records for square A2.