BOTANICAL NOTE
New site of Lycopodiella inundata (Lycopodiaceae) in the Bór Biskupi Basin (Silesian
Upland).
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Zakład Ekologii, Instytut Botaniki im. W. Szafera
Polskiej Akademii Nauk, ul. Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Polska
Online publication date: 2019-07-01
Publication date: 2019-07-01
Fragm. Flor. et Geobot. Pol. 2019; XXVI(1): 149-154
ABSTRACT
New site of Lycopodiella inundata (Lycopodiaceae) in the Bór Biskupi Basin (Silesian
Upland). Lycopodiella inundata is a rare and protected pteridophyte species in Poland. It usually occurs
in oligotrophic wetlands, mainly in transitional moors (Rhynchosporetum albae). Lycopodiella inundata
has rarely been found at natural sites recently, probably due to unfavorable environmental changes, but
appears more and more often at sites created by human activity, such as sand pits, gravel pits and the banks
of fish ponds. In 2014 a new site of L. inundata was found in the eastern part of the Szczakowa sand pit
(19°25′35″E, 50°15′18″N). In this area, L. inundata grows well and occurs abundantly in small conspecific
patches, aggregations, or as solitary plants. The main threats to this site are expansion of forest and shrub
vegetation, reed expansion, changes in groundwater level, and drainage of the area.