Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2015.24.11
Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of the Neretva River Delta (Croatia)
Peter Glasnović
; Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, SI-6000 Koper, Glagoljaška 8, Slovenia
Špela Novak
; Museum of Natural History, Prešernova cesta 20, 1001 Ljubljana
Sanja Behrič
; Šubljeva ulica 28, SI-1234 Mengeš, Slovenia
Nataša Fujs
; (student) Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, SI-6000 Koper, Glagoljaška 8, Slovenia
Abstract
The Neretva River Delta is considered one of the 96 important plant areas of Croatia and as an important wetland is listed as a Ramsar site. In this paper we provide data on habitat and floristic diversity recorded during a field study carried out in April 2011. We surveyed 10 localities and identified 18 habitat types, 12 of which are included in Annex I of the EU Habitat Directive. Out of 458 identified vascular plant taxa, 32 are included in the Red Book of Vascular Flora of Croatia as Endangered (5 taxa), Vulnerable (10 taxa), and Near threatened (11), while 6 taxa are regarded as Data Deficient. In addition, we recorded two invasive alien species and 12 endemic species for the Dinaric area, and discuss their conservation and biogeographycal importance. We added 160 records from literature sources to our data, which resulted in 618 identified (recorded) taxa for the study region.
Keywords
flora; habitats; nature conservation; Neretva River Delta; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
149036
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2015.
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