Locality of the taxon Seseli elatum ssp. osseum (Apiaceae) on the Lapjak ridge (South Papuk, Croatia)

• Autores: Dinko Zima, Mirko Tomašević, Leona Zima
• Localización: Phytologia Balcanica: International Journal of Balkan Flora and Vegetation, ISSN 1310-7771, Vol. 26, Nº. 1, 2020, págs. 57-63
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • During floristic studies within the Papuk Nature Park protected area (Northeast Croatia), on the Lapjak ridge, at an altitude of 452 m, a locality of the taxon Seseli elatum L. ssp. osseum (Crantz) P.W.Ball has been documented.

    This taxon is very rare on the Papuk Mt: it grows in the boulder cracks or between rocks in the rocky grasslands.

    The locality has southern exposition, with an inclination of 30%–40%, and a carbonated baserock (dolomite) with very scanty shallow brown carbonated soil (rendzina). The area is 20×30 meters in size. The research was conducted on 20th August, 2015 and a list of plant taxa species was compiled and compared to earlier lists (in 1993 and 1997). The floristic elements, life forms and ecological factors have been determined according to Ellenberg.

    Plants from the South European floristic element dominated the grassland flora (35.7%). Hemicryptophytes were the dominating life form (48.6%), while in terms of ecological factors, light-loving plants dominated. The plant is very rare in the Republic of Croatia and that locality is the single documented site of Seseli elatum L. ssp. osseum (Crantz) P.W.Ball in the area of Požega Valley and the surrounding mountains.