Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 59, 429–514. The revised classification of eukaryotes. W., Burki, F., Dunthorn, M., Hampl, V., Heiss, A., Hoppenrath, M., Lara, E., le Gall, L., Lynn, D. The species accumulation curve shows that more diatom species will be discovered with additional sampling of aerial habitats in the Blue Mountain region.Īdl, S. Species richness was 8–22 diatom per sample, with an average of 14. The samples from 1902-m altitude had the highest species diversity. The diatom flora of tree mosses is dominated by acidophilous genera Eunotia and Luticola, with both of the most abundant species Orthoseira roeseana and Luticola acidoclinata being euaerial and oligotraphentic diatoms. Twenty-two moss samples were collected and 53 diatom taxa belonging to 21 genera were discovered and enumerated using light microscopy. We have addressed diatom composition and diversity in relation to altitude. We have chosen the Blue Mountain region to collect tree mosses, an aerial habitat where diatoms thrive. In this paper, we present the first dataset on diatoms from aerial habitats in the Indo-Burma hot spot. Indians and early settlers often boiled the moss or laid it on a rack over a smoky fire (making sure it didn't catch fire!) to kill or remove the bugs.Since research began in diatom ecology, scientists have focussed more on diatoms from aquatic habitats as opposed to aerial habitats. Before Spanish moss can be used by humans it must be treated to remove the bugs. Be sure to mention that Spanish moss has tiny bugs that live on it called chiggers or red bugs that cause an uncomfortable itch if they get on your skin. If your class visits Kingsley Plantation, have your students look for Spanish moss in the trees. Over the years the name took on what some people thought to be a more sophisticated name, Spanish moss. When the French arrived in what we call America, they asked the same question of the Native Americans, and the natives replied that it was 'tree hair,' or 'Itla-okla.' The French used their own imaginations and called it Spanish Beard, because it reminded them of the long black beards of the earlier Spanish explorers. Students will identify uses of Spanish moss from the time of the Timucua Indians to the present. John's River have used Spanish Moss is many ways. Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade Subject: Literacy and Language Arts,Science

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