Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2019.28.6
Contribution to bryophyte flora of Croatia: new finding of rare aquatic moss Fissidens fontanus (Bach. Pyl.) Steud. in Lake Visovac (Krka National Park)
Vedran Šegota
; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Gulin
; Lozovac 7a, 22000 Šibenik, Croatia
Anja Rimac
; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Antun Alegro
orcid.org/0000-0001-6193-2395
; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 20/II, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The rare bryophyte species Fissidens fontanus was found within the course of a comprehensive field study of the aquatic flora and vegetation of Lake Visovac (Krka National Park). This is the second record of this species in Croatia after the recent discovery in the Trepča River. The species grows among rich macrophyte vegetation, forming small patches up to 2.5 m in depth. Due to its rareness and plausible threats, we assessed F. fontanus as critically endangered in Croatia.
Keywords
rare moss; critically endangered species; Southeastern Europe
Hrčak ID:
221328
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Publication date:
28.6.2019.
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