Original scientific paper

Rare, endangered or vulnerable plants and neophytes in a drainage system in Croatia

Nada Hulina ; Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, HR–10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In an extensive network of field and lateral drain channels, in the area of Turopolje and Črnec Polje, seven locally and generally rare, endangered or vulnerable plants were noted. These are: Riccia fluitans L., Marsilea quadrifolia L., Utricularia vulgaris L., Sagittaria sagittifolia L., Eleocharis acicularis L., Leersia oryzoides (L.) Swartz. and Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Hork. ex Wimm. On the banks of the channels a number of neophytes have established themselves, such as Solidago gigantea Aiton, Helianthus tuberosus L., Amorpha fruticosa L., Echinocystis lobata (Michx) Torr. et Gray and Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx. Traditional methods of channel maintenance, the irregular and mechanical removal of plant biomass from channels, are an important factor behind plant diversity and richness in the drainage systems.

Keywords

drainage system; Upper Sava River Valley; Croatia; traditional methods of channel maintenance; rare plants; endangered plants; vulnerable plants; neophytes; Riccia fluitans L.; Marsilea quadrifolia L.; Utricularia vulgaris L.; Sagittaria sagittifolia L.; Eleocharis acicularis L.; Leersia oryzoides (L.) Swartz; Wolffia arrhiza (L.) Hork ex Wimm.; Solidago gigantea Aiton; Helianthus tuberosus L.; Amorpha fruticosa L.; Echinocystis lobata (Michx) Torr. et Gray; Panicum dichotomiflorum Michx

Hrčak ID:

59087

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/59087

Publication date:

31.12.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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