ASPECTS OF FLORISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE COMMUNITY TOPOLOG (TULCEA COUNTY): II – GRASSLANDS FLORA Mihaela Ioana GEORGESCU, Elena S VULESCU University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest 59 Marasti Blvd, District 1, 011464, Bucharest, Romania Corresponding author email: [email protected]Abstract Flora of grasslands, located at the base of hills around the Topolog commune, comprises important species for diversity of vegetation in this area and, also, in our country: most of the species, of the thirty-six identified in the course of our reports, made in July-August, 2010-2012, have a limited area of distribution; eight species are rare in Romania and one of them – Campanula romanica S vul. - is an endemic one, found only in Dobrogea. According to the sozological categories, four species are considered vulnerable and two have endangered status. Key words: endemic, grasslands, primary vegetation, xerophilic. INTRODUCTION Dobrogea is a region with a high concentration of rare taxa for our country due to special conditions of climate and soil that favoured the installation of plant species of Pontic, Balkan, or Mediterranean origin, along those of Eurasian, Central-European, European or others. (Brandza, 1898; Sârbu et al., 2006; www.parcmacin.ro). Some of them are inventoried in European or Romanian Red Lists, considered of international importance, having the status of threatened, vulnerable or endemic plants (Dihoru and Negrean, 2009; Oltean et al., 1994; www.iucnredlist.org). Such species can be found in areas already protected by law or can be scattered in other places, sometimes restricted to small surfaces, it being necessary to report and apply measures for the conservation in-situ (Petrescu, 2004). Dobrogea grasslands may be mesophilic and mezohigrophilic, in the Danube Delta and Meadow and in the valleys of the important river, or xerophilic, installed on slopes unsuitable for agriculture, hills rocky surface, at the borders of fields, on terraces or on communal pastures (Dihoru and Doni , 1970; Popescu et al., 2008). Excessive grazing affected in time primary xerophilic steppes’ vegetation, so the basic components disappeared and were replaced by other species or they appear insular (Dihoru and Doni , 1970). However, where the substrate is stony, the rare flora species, typical of Dobrogea, may be found (Petrescu, 2004). The authors continue presenting flora of places surrounding the Topolog communities with the species identified in xerophilic grasslands, located on different land categories. MATERIALS AND METHODS Physical-geographical description of the territory where the observations were made was done in the previous paper-work. Field observations were conducted in July - August, 2010 - 2012. The itinerary study method has been chosen for the flora inventory, covering portions of land occupied by grassland vegetation at the infield ends, base of the hills or near wooded areas. The taxonomic classification of the species and the analysis of the life forms, geographical elements and the spread in the country were based on literature (Ciocârlan, 1994; Ciocârlan, 2009, Cristea et al., 2004). Data on the vulnerability or endemic status of the species is in accordance with The Red List of higher plants in Romania (Oltean et al., 1994) and The Red Book of vascular plants in Romania (Dihoru and Negrean, 2009). RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS The discussions are based on data included in Table 1. 395 Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LVII, 2014 ISSN 2285-5785; ISSN CD-ROM 2285-5793; ISSN Online 2285-5807; ISSN-L 2285-5785
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ASPECTS OF FLORISTIC DIVERSITY IN THE COMMUNITY TOPOLOG
(TULCEA COUNTY): II – GRASSLANDS FLORA
Mihaela Ioana GEORGESCU, Elena S VULESCU
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest 59 Marasti Blvd, District 1, 011464, Bucharest, Romania
Abstract Flora of grasslands, located at the base of hills around the Topolog commune, comprises important species for diversity of vegetation in this area and, also, in our country: most of the species, of the thirty-six identified in the course of our reports, made in July-August, 2010-2012, have a limited area of distribution; eight species are rare in Romania and one of them – Campanula romanica S vul. - is an endemic one, found only in Dobrogea. According to the sozological categories, four species are considered vulnerable and two have endangered status. Key words: endemic, grasslands, primary vegetation, xerophilic. INTRODUCTION Dobrogea is a region with a high concentration of rare taxa for our country due to special conditions of climate and soil that favoured the installation of plant species of Pontic, Balkan, or Mediterranean origin, along those of Eurasian, Central-European, European or others. (Brandza, 1898; Sârbu et al., 2006; www.parcmacin.ro). Some of them are inventoried in European or Romanian Red Lists, considered of international importance, having the status of threatened, vulnerable or endemic plants (Dihoru and Negrean, 2009; Oltean et al., 1994; www.iucnredlist.org). Such species can be found in areas already protected by law or can be scattered in other places, sometimes restricted to small surfaces, it being necessary to report and apply measures for the conservation in-situ (Petrescu, 2004). Dobrogea grasslands may be mesophilic and mezohigrophilic, in the Danube Delta and Meadow and in the valleys of the important river, or xerophilic, installed on slopes unsuitable for agriculture, hills rocky surface, at the borders of fields, on terraces or on communal pastures (Dihoru and Doni , 1970; Popescu et al., 2008). Excessive grazing affected in time primary xerophilic steppes’ vegetation, so the basic components disappeared and were replaced by other species or they appear insular (Dihoru and Doni , 1970). However, where the substrate is stony,
the rare flora species, typical of Dobrogea, may be found (Petrescu, 2004). The authors continue presenting flora of places surrounding the Topolog communities with the species identified in xerophilic grasslands, located on different land categories. MATERIALS AND METHODS Physical-geographical description of the territory where the observations were made was done in the previous paper-work. Field observations were conducted in July - August, 2010 - 2012. The itinerary study method has been chosen for the flora inventory, covering portions of land occupied by grassland vegetation at the infield ends, base of the hills or near wooded areas. The taxonomic classification of the species and the analysis of the life forms, geographical elements and the spread in the country were based on literature (Ciocârlan, 1994; Ciocârlan, 2009, Cristea et al., 2004). Data on the vulnerability or endemic status of the species is in accordance with The Red List of higher plants in Romania (Oltean et al., 1994) and The Red Book of vascular plants in Romania (Dihoru and Negrean, 2009). RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS The discussions are based on data included in Table 1.
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Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LVII, 2014ISSN 2285-5785; ISSN CD-ROM 2285-5793; ISSN Online 2285-5807; ISSN-L 2285-5785
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Table 1. Grasslands species around Topolog community (Tulcea county)
Species Family Life-cycle
Form of life
Floristic elements (Geographical distribution)
Distribution in the country and sozological category
Dianthus nardiformis Caryophyllaceae p Ch Balk. rare (Dobr.) VU (D&N); VU (Olt.&al.)
Salsola kali subsp. ruthenica Chenopodiaceae an T Euras. frequently
Filipendula vulgaris Rosaceae p H Euras. frequently
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rare (Constan a county) VU (D&N)
Onobrychis gracilis Fabaceae p H Pont.-Balk. rare (Ialomi a, Constan a, Tulcea, Gala i, Bac u county)
Euphorbia agraria Euphorbiaceae p H Pont.-Balk. frequently Euphorbia cyparissias Euphorbiaceae p H Euras. frequently Linum austriacum Linaceae p H Euras. frequently Hypericum perforatum Hypericaceae p H Euras. frequently Cynanchum acutum Asclepiadaceae p H Pont.- Medit. sporadically/ frequently in SE Ajuga chamaepytis Lamiaceae an T Pont.- Medit. sporadically
Salvia amplexicaulis Lamiaceae p H Balk. rare (Cara -Severin, Mehedin i,Constan a, Tulcea county); EN (D&N, Olt.&al.)
Stachys angustifolia Lamiaceae p H Balk.-Anatol. rare (Dobr.) VU (D&N); EN (Olt.&al.)
Stachys annuua Lamiacaea an T Eur.(submedit.) frequently.
Thymus callieri Lamiaceae p Ch Balk. rare (Dobr., jud.Dolj) VU (D&N)
Linaria genistifolia Scrophulariaceae p H Cont.Euras. frequently Veronica spicata subsp. barrelieri Scrophulariaceae p H Pont.-E.Medit.-
Anat. rare (jud.Constan a)
Campanula romanica Campanulaceae p H Rom-Dobr. endemic (Dobr.) EN (D&N)
Galium humifusum Rubiaceae p H Pont.- Balk. sporadically (Olt., Munt.,Mold., Dobr.)
Achillea coarctata Asteraceae p H Pont.- Balk. sporadically (Ban., Olt., Munt., Dobr.,Mold)
Chondrila juncea Asteraceae bienn-p Ht - H Cont.-Euras. frequently
Inula conyzae Asteraceae p H Centr.Eur. sporadically Carex liparocarpos Cyperaceae p G Pont.-Medit. sporadically Agropyron cristatum subsp. pectinatum Poaceae p H Pont.-Centr.Eur. sporadically
Bromus inermis Poaceae p H Cont.Euras. frequently
Bromus squarrosus Poaceae an - an hib.
T - Ht Cont.Euras. frequently
Chrysopogon gryllus Poaceae p G Euras. frequently Cleistogenes bulgarica Poaceae p G Pont. sporadically Festuca callieri Poaceae p H Pont.- Balk. rare (Dobr.) Koeleria macrantha Poaceae p H Circ. frequently Stipa capillata Poaceae p H Cont.Euras. frequently Life-cycle: an – annual; an. hib. – annual hibernante; bienn – biennial; p – perennial. Form of life: Ch – Chamaephyte; G – Geophyte; H – Hemicryptophyte; Ht – Hemiterophyte; T – Therophyte. Geographical distribution: Anat. – Anatolian; Balk. – Balkan; Bulg. – Bulgaria; Centr. Eur. – Central European; Circ. – Circumpolar; Cont. Euras. – Continental Eurasian; Dobr. – Dobrogea; Eur. – Europe; Euras. – Eurasia; Medit. – Mediterranean; Pont.- Pontic; Rom. – Romania; submedit. – submediterranean. Distribution in the country and sozological category: EN - endagered (threatened by extinction: taxon faced with an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future); VU - vulnerable (taxon faced with an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium future); D&N – Dihoru and Negrean, 2009; Olt.&al. – Oltean et al., 1994.
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