Moss occurrences in Salair ridge (Altai-Sayan mountain country)

The dataset contains information on moss occurrences in the territory of Salair ridge, which is the northwest spoor of Altai-Sayan mountain country, South Siberia. The dataset summarizes data of the author's bryological explorations of the territory. The surveys were mainly conducted in 1992-1996, with some later visits on the ridge. The dataset consists of 2442 occurrence records and includes both preserved specimens (553) and ‘human observations’ of the author (1889). The ‘human observations’ are data of bryological relevés. The relevés were made during field explorations; all collected moss specimens were checked under the microscope and registered in Data Base. Only some of the checked specimens were stored into herbarium; preference was given to rare species, but for common species, it was down to notes. All the records are georeferenced. A total of 231 moss taxa belonging to 119 genera and 35 families are reported herein to occur in Salair ridge. The work is under the support of Russian Science Foundation № 18-14-00121, https://rscf.ru/project/18-14-00121/»