Carex vaginata - new relict species in the Romanian flora

The boreal-arctic species Carex vaginata Tausch (Sheathed Sedge) has been found in Romania in 2014 during research on fen ecology. The species grows in the Rarau Mts., in an alkaline sloping fen of the Caricion davallianae alliance, transitional to Cratoneurion commutati springs (SE margin of Mt. Po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dítě, D., Hájková, P. (Petra), Goia, I., Hájek, M.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
relict and rare species
fens
East Carpathians
Arctic
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0256455
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Summary:The boreal-arctic species Carex vaginata Tausch (Sheathed Sedge) has been found in Romania in 2014 during research on fen ecology. The species grows in the Rarau Mts., in an alkaline sloping fen of the Caricion davallianae alliance, transitional to Cratoneurion commutati springs (SE margin of Mt. Popii Raraului, close to Plaiul Todirescu grasslands) and in a subalpine grassland at Mt. Popii Raraului. Rarau Mts is the fourth locality for this species in the entire Carpathians, underlining its relictual distribution pattern in temperate Europe that may represent a remnant of formerly more continuous distribution during the glacial period. We further present a vegetation-plot record with Carex vaginata and basic chemical parameters of the water.

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