Spring Excursion to Freiburg, SW-Germany Exclusive to the Finnish Bryophyte Expert Group 28. March -4. April 2020
Freiburg is an old
university city with about 200.000 inhabitants, 20 % are students. The surrounding of the city has a very high diversity in altitude (200-1450 m), geology, climate and vegetation. The bryoflora of the region is very rich and contain about 800 species (see
a special list of species for you, attached). From Freiburg we will make excursions to Kaiserstuhl, Tuniberg, Schönberg, Istein and Schwarzwald, from mediterrane to subalpine climate with different geology like loess, vulacanit, limestone, Sandstone,
gneis and granit. All destinations are close to Freiburg, 10-20 km distance, just one, with limestone rocks in the river Rhine, is about 45 km. We will stay in a very nice, modern Hostel with comfortable rooms, Kitchen, living room, terrase, at a quite place
in the center of Freiburg. It is just a few minutes to walk from the rail station. The price in a double room with toilette and bath in the room is about 35 Euro p. person/night. For transport we hire cars, what cost 20-50 Euro for each person the week. You
can make your breakfast in the kitchen and prepare your lunch packet for the field. There are two supermarcets near around. There is an option for 6,50 € for a breakfast in a Cafe nearby. For dinner, we will choose several restaurants in Freiburg and
minimum one time we will have lunch in a typical old restaurant in the Black Forest. There are many possibillities for sightseeing in Freiburg in the evening.
Travelling The closest airport for Freiburg is Bale/Mulhouse
with a bus every hour to Freiburg, need 1 h and costs 23 Euro. Maybe flights to Frankfurt would be cheaper and quicker for you. From Frankfurt there are trains every hour to Freiburg, needs about 2 hour (belongs which one) and costs between 26 Euro with booking
weeks bevor or 65 Euro normal price (allprices one way).
Pre Order To be sure, that we can get rooms in that hostel in Freiburg center, it is necessary to book early. I can soon make a pre order, and than 2-3
month bevor we make th definitive reservations. Please write me an email, if you are interested in this excursion and if I write you in the member list. There is a limit of about 15 people. Michael Lüth
mail@milueth.de
Bryophyte list :
List od Bryophytes, that can be found arround Freiburg and does not exist in Finland or only CR and EN in Red List:
Mosses: Anomodon rugelii Brachythecium geheebii Brotherella lorentziana Bryum gemmiparum Bryum radiculosum Bryum schleicheri Buxbaumia viridis Campylopus flexuosus Campylopus introflexus Campylopus pyriformis Campylostelium
saxicola Cinclidotus danubicus Cinclidotus fontinaloides Cinclidotus riparius Coscinodon cribrosus Crossidium aberrans Crossidium crassinervium Crossidium squamiferum Cryphaea heteromalla Dicranella howei Dicranodontium denudatum Dicranum fulvum Dicranum muehlenbeckii
Dicranum viride Didymodon acutus Didymodon cordatus Didymodon sinuosus Didymodon spadiceus Didymodon vinealis Entodon concinnus Entodon schleicheri Eucladium verticillatum Fissidens asplenioides Grimmia arenaria Grimmia crinita Grimmia curviseta Grimmia decipiens
Grimmia dissimulata Grimmia laevigata Grimmia orbicularis Grimmia tergestina Grimmia trichophylla Gymnostomum viridulum Hedwigia stellata Heterocladium heteropterum Hookeria lucens Hyocomium armoricum Hypnum jutlandicum Imbribryum mildeanum Lewinskya striata
Microbryum curvicollum Mielichhoferia mielichhoferiana Neckera menziesii Neckera pumila Nogopterium gracile Orthothecium rufescens Orthotrichum consobrinum Orthotrichum lyellii Orthotrichum patens
Orthotrichum pulchellum
Orthotrichum rogeri Orthotrichum scanicum Orthotrichum tenellum Oxyrrhynchium schleicheri Oxystegus daldinianus Paraleucobryum sauteri Plasteurhynchium striatulum Polytrichum pallidisetum Pterygoneurum lamellatum Pterygoneurum subsessile Ptychomitrium polyphyllum
Rhabdoweisia crenulata Rhodobryum ontariense Rhynchostegium confertum Rhynchostegium rotundifolium Schistidium brunnescens Schistidium flaccidum Schistidium spinosum Sematophyllum demissum Syntrichia calcicola Syntrichia laevipila Syntrichia latifolia Syntrichia
montana Syntrichia virescens Tetrodontium brownianum Tetrodontium ovatum Tortula atrovirens Tortula brevissima Tortula protobryoides Tortula vahliana Trichostomum crispulum Ulota coarctata Ulota crispa s.s. Ulota crispula Ulota intermedia Ulota macrospora
Ulota rehmannii Zygodon dentatus
Liverworths: Anastrepta orcadensis Bazzania flaccida Conocephalum conicum Eremonotus myriocarpus Frullania jackii Harpanthus scutatus Kurzia sylvatica Kurzia trichoclados Mannia
fragrans Marsupella sprucei Metzgeria pubescens Metzgeria simplex Metzgeria violacea Microlejeunea ulicina Oleolophozia perssonii Porella arboris-vitae Scapania aequiloba Scapania apiculata Sphaerocarpos michelii