Lichens and Vascular Plants in Duvefjorden Area on Nordaust- Landet, Svalbard
CZECH POLAR REPORTS 9 (2): 182-199, 2019 Lichens and vascular plants in Duvefjorden area on Nordaust- landet, Svalbard Liudmila Konoreva1*, Mikhail Kozhin1,2, Sergey Chesnokov3, Soon Gyu Hong4 1Avrorin Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institute of Kola Scientific Centre of RAS, 184250 Kirovsk, Murmansk Region, Russia 2Department of Geobotany, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskye Gory 1–12, GSP–1, 119234 Moscow, Russia 3Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, Professor Popov St. 2, 197376 St. Petersburg, Russia 4Division of Polar Life Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute, 26, Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21900, Republic of Korea Abstract Floristic check-lists were compiled for the first time for Duvefjorden Bay on Nordaust- landet, Svalbard, based on field work in July 2012 and on data from literature and herbaria. The check-lists include 172 species of lichens and 51 species of vascular plants. Several species rare in Svalbard and in the Arctic were discovered: Candelariella borealis was new to Svalbard. 51 lichen species were newly recorded on Nordaustlandet and 131 lichen species were observed in the Duvefjorden area for the first time. Among lichen species rare in Svalbard and in the Arctic the following can be mentioned: Caloplaca magni-filii, C. nivalis, Lecidea silacea, Phaeophyscia nigricans, Polyblastia gothica, Protothelenella sphinctrinoidella, Rinodina conradii, Stenia geophana, and Tetramelas pulverulentus. Two species of vascular plants, Saxifraga svalbardensis and S. hyperborea, were found new to the Duvefjorden area. The investigated flora is represented mostly by species widespread in Svalbard and in the Arctic. Although Duvefjorden area is situated in the northernmost part of Svalbard, its flora is characterized by relatively high diversity of vascular plants and lichens.
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