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Occurrence of the rare plant Sternbergia colchiciflora in an urban environment

Molnár V., Attila and Siffer, Sándor and Molnár, Hanga Anna and Fekete, Réka (2020) Occurrence of the rare plant Sternbergia colchiciflora in an urban environment. Biologia Futura, 71 (1-2). pp. 93-98. ISSN 2676-8615 (print), 2676-8607 (online)

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Abstract

In this paper, we report a remarkable population of the rare plant Sternbergia colchiciflora found along a busy road section in the downtown of county seat Veszprém (W-Hungary). The population contains at least 7000 individuals and spreads across fifteen grassy traffic islands. Regarding the position of individuals, their relative distance from the road/sidewalk within the traffic islands differed significantly from a hypothetical uniform distribution, with higher number of individuals situated close to the island edges than expected by chance. Besides this rare bulbous plant, several other dry grassland specialist plant species were also found in these habitat patches, e.g., Astragalus austriacus, Festuca rupicola, Filipendula vulgaris, Muscari neglectum, Petrorhagia saxifraga, Potentilla arenaria, Ranunculus illyricus, Salvia nemorosa, Sanguisorba minor, Teucrium chamaedrys, Thesium linophyllon, Verbascum phoeniceum and Vinca herbacea. The origin of these dry grassland plants in this highly disturbed urban environment is uncertain; possibly, they were introduced ca. 15 years ago in the course of earthworks during the construction of the road. Recent management (frequent and motorized lawn mowing) seems to favor the Sternbergia colchiciflora, while the habitat is currently not directly threatened. Unfortunately, the potential for local conservation appears to be highly limited.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > Q1 Science (General) / természettudomány általában
Q Science / természettudomány > QH Natural history / természetrajz > QH301 Biology / biológia
Depositing User: Zsolt Baráth
Date Deposited: 12 Oct 2022 13:39
Last Modified: 12 Oct 2022 13:39
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/151581

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