Resumen de National reporting of Bulgaria about the invasive alien plants of EU concern in relation to Regulation (EU) 1143/2014
Vladimir Vladimirov, Valeri Georgiev
Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species, Article 24(1), obliges the EU Member States to report by 1st June 2019, and every six years thereafter, the distribution of the invasive alien species of Union or regional concern. Currently, the List of invasive alien species of EU concern comprises eight species which are present in the Bulgarian flora. Of these, five species were included in the first national report: Asclepias syriaca, Elodea nuttallii, Heracleum mantegazzianum, Impatiens glandulifera, Pennisetum setaceum. The article presents the presently known distribution of these species in the Bulgarian flora and provides some guidance for gathering and publishing of new chorological records and data about the population size of these species in Bulgaria.
