SVETLANA GRDOVIĆ ¹ and V. STEVANOVIĆ²

¹Department of Botany, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, ²Department of Plant Ecology, Institute of Botany and Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Abstract - In floristic research on mosses in the central urban area of Belgrade, the presence of 58 species classified into 23 genera and 12 families was verified. The mosses occur in different specific and extreme microhabitats. Diversity of the bryoflora in urban ecosystems can be explained in terms of the large number of different habitats found on large greens, old fortress ruins, and roofs, as well as in gardens in the center of the Old Town.