Original scientific paper
New contribution to the knowledge of the vascular flora of the Krka National Park (North Dalmatia, Croatia)
Milenko Milović
orcid.org/0000-0003-0851-4869
; “Antun Vrančić“ Grammar School, Put Gimnazije 64; Medical School, Ante Šupuka, HR-22000 Šibenik, Croatia
Abstract
The most recent research of the vascular flora of the Krka National Park was conducted in the period from 2010 to 2015. 105 plant taxa, new for the flora of the Park, were recorded. Alongside 1080 previously recorded, the complete vascular flora of the Park now consists of more than 1180 taxa and represents more than 20 % of the total Croatian flora. Among the recorded taxa, five are endemic: Onosma stellulata, Ophrys liburnica, Peltaria alliacea, Thymus bracteosus and Vincetoxicum hirundinaria ssp. adriaticum. Five taxa are considered as threatened: Vaccaria hispanica (CR), Ophrys apifera (EN), Urtica pilulifera (EN), Orchis provincialis ssp. pauciflora (VU) and Orchis tridentata (VU). The most of non-native taxa, recorded in this study, are casual garden escapes but three of them are considered to be invasive plants in Croatia: Abutilon theophrasti, Datura innoxia and Solidago gigantea. In the upcoming period, special attention should be given to S. gigantea because of its possible spread in habitats along the river banks.
Keywords
endemic plant species; garden escapes; invasive plants; river of Krka; threatened plants
Hrčak ID:
159741
URI
Publication date:
13.6.2016.
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