Newly discovered relic population of Rubus chamaemorus L. in the Western Carpathians

• Published in: Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
• Main Author: Koczur, Anna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polish Botanical Society
• Subjects: Rubus chamaemorus; relic species; Western Carpathians; Orawa-Nowy Targ basin; raised bog
• Online Access: https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/asbp.2004.018; https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.2004.018

In the territory of Poland, Rubus chamaemorus is a rare glacial relict. Its localities known to date were in the northern part of the country and in the Sudeten Mountains. In 2002, a new locality of this species was discovered in the Orawa-Nowy Targ basin in the Carpathians. It is the southernmost locality in the European distribution area of this species. Rubus chamaemorus grows there on a raised bog in communities of the Oxycocco-Sphagnetea class. The spatial structure of the population depends on microhabitats reflecting the hummock-hollow structure of the peatbog.