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Stem St. Johns Wort Hypericum Tetrapterum Broad Dock Rumex Obtusifolius Germander Speedwell Veronica Chamaedrys Meadowsweet Filipendula Ulmaria Strawberry Clover Trifolium Fragiferum Broom Cytissus Scoparius Gipsy Wort Copus Europaeus Monkshood Aconitum Napellus Suckling Clover Native Trifolium Dubium Buckshorn Plantain Plantago Coronopus Globe Flower Trollius Europaeus Mouse Eared Hawkweed Hieracium Pilosella Sweet Cicely Morphis Odorata Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus Bulbosus Goats Beard Tragopogon Pratensis Musk Mallow Malva Moschata Tansy Tanacetum Vulgare Burnet Saxifrage Pimpinella Saxifraga Goats Rue Galega Officinalis Nettle-Lvd Bellflower Campanula Trachelium Teasel Dipsacus Fullonum Common Marigold Calendula Officinalis Gorse Ulex Europaeus Night Fl. Catchfly Silene Noctiflora Thrift Armeria Maritima California Poppy Eschscholzia California Grass Vetchling Lathyrus Nissolia Oxeye Daisy Leucanthernum Vulgare Tormentil Potentilla Erecta Calamint (Common) Calamintha Sylvatica Great Knapweed Centaurea Scabiosa Pale Toadflax Lanaria Repens Tufted Vetch Vicia Cracca Carline Thistle Carlina Vulgaris Great Mullein (Common) Verbascum Thapsus Pendulas Sedge Carex Pendula Upright Hedge Parsley Torilis Japonica Cats Ear Hypochaeris Radicata Greater Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus Uliginosus Pepper Saxifrage Silaum Silaus Venus Looking Glass Legousia Hybrida Clustered Bellflower Campanula Glomerata Great Burnet Sanguisorba Officianlis Perennial Flax Linum Perenne Viper Bugloss Echium Vulgare Common Agrimony Agrimony Eupatoria Greater Stitchwort Stellaria Holostea Pheasants Eye Adonis Annua Water Avens Geum Rivale Common Daisy Bellis Perennis Gtr. Burnet Saxifrage Pimpinella Major Pignut Conopodium Majus Water Mint Mentha Aquatica Common Evening Oenothera Beinnis Hairy St. John’s Wort Hypericum Hirsutum Primrose Primular Vulgaris Weld Reseda Luteola Primrose Harebell Campanula Rotundifolia Purple Loosestrife Lythrum Salicaria White Campion Silene Alba Common Fleabane Pulicaria Dysenterica Haresfoot Clover Trifolium Arvense Ragged Robin Lychnis Flos-Cuculi Wild Angelica Angelica Sylvestris Common Mallow Malva Sylvestris Heath Bedstraw Galium Saxatile Red Campion Silene Dioica Wild Basil Clinopodium Vulgare Common Mouse Ear Cerastium Fontanum Heath Speedwell Veronica Officinalis Red Clover (Native) Trifolium Pratense Wild Candytuft Iberis Amara Common Restharrow Ononis Repens Heather Calluna Vulgaris Ribwort Plantain Plantago Lanceolata Wild Carnation Dianthus Common Storksbill Erodium Cicutarium Hedge Bedstraw Galium Mollugo Rough Hawkbit Leontodon Hispidus Carthusianorum Common Rockrose Helianthemum Wild Carrot Daucus Carota Nummularium Hedge Cranesbill Geranium Pyrenaicum Rough Poppy Papaver Hybridum Wild Marjoram Origanum Vulgare Common Sedge Carex Nigra Hedge Garlic Alliaria Petiolata Sainfoin Onobrychis Vicifolia Wild Mignonette Reseda Lutea Common St. John’s Wort Hypericum Perforatum Hedge Woundwort Stachys Sylvatica Salad Burnet Sanguisorba Minor Wild Pansy Viola Tricolor Common Toadflax Linaria Vulgaris Hemp Agrimony Eupatorium Cannabinum Sand Catchfly Silene Conica Wild Strawberry Fragaria Vesca Common Vetch Vicia Sativa (Ssp Nigra) Hemp Nettle (Large) Galeopsis Speciosa Saw Wort Sarratula Tinctoria Wild
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    Plant diversity and spatial vegetation structure of the calcareous spring fen in the "Arkaulovskoye Mire" Protected Area (Southern Urals, Russia) E.Z. Baisheva1, A.A. Muldashev1, V.B. Martynenko1, N.I. Fedorov1, I.G. Bikbaev1, T.Yu., Minayeva2, A.A. Sirin2 1Ufa Institute of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences Ufa Federal Research Centre, Ufa, Russian Federation 2Institute of Forest Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Uspenskoe, Russian Federation _______________________________________________________________________________________ SUMMARY The plant communities of base-rich fens are locally rare and have high conservation value in the Republic of Bashkortostan (Russian Federation), and indeed across the whole of Russia. The flora and vegetation of the calcareous spring fen in the protected area (natural monument) “Arkaulovskoye Mire” (Republic of Bashkortostan, Southern Urals Region) was investigated. The species recorded comprised 182 vascular plants and 87 bryophytes (67 mosses and 20 liverworts), including 26 rare species listed in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Bashkortostan and seven species listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation. The study area is notable for the presence of isolated populations of relict species whose main ranges are associated with humid coastal and mountainous regions in Central Europe. The vegetation cover of the protected area consists of periodically flooded grey alder - bird cherry forests, sedge - reed birch and birch - alder forested mire, sparse pine and birch forested mire with dominance of Molinia caerulea, base-rich fens with Schoenus ferrugineus, islets of meso-oligotrophic moss - shrub - dwarf pine mire communities, aquatic communities of small pools and streams, etc. Examination of the peat deposit indicates the occurrence of both historical and present-day travertine deposition.
  • Puccinellia Parishii (Poaceae, Poeae): a Genus and Species New to Texas

    Puccinellia Parishii (Poaceae, Poeae): a Genus and Species New to Texas

    Carter, S.K., J.R. Singhurst, and W.C. Holmes. 2014. Puccinellia parishii (Poaceae, Poeae): a genus and species new to Texas. Phytoneuron 2014-58: 1–4. Published 16 June 2014. ISSN 2153 733X PUCCINELLIA PARISHII (POACEAE, POEAE): A GENUS AND SPECIES NEW TO TEXAS SHANNON K. CARTER Department of Biology Baylor University Waco, Texas 76706 [email protected] JASON R. SINGHURST Wildlife Diversity Program Texas Parks and Wildlife 4200 Smith School Road Austin, TX 78704 [email protected] WALTER C. HOLMES Department of Biology Baylor University Waco, Texas 76706 [email protected] ABSTRACT Puccinellia parishii is reported as a genus and species new to Texas. The species is here reported from the Chinati Mountains of Presidio County in the Trans-Pecos region of West Texas, greatly extending eastward the previously recorded distribution of the species. The species was previously known from about 30 locales in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. At one time P. parishii was proposed for listing as an endangered species, but was removed from the candidate list because of abundance. The species is globally ranked G2G3 (imperiled and very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range) but is ranked S1 (critically imperiled) in Texas. Puccinellia, commonly known as alkali grass, is a genus found in saline or alkaline environments in the subtropics to Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. With the exception of the southeastern USA and Hawaii, the genus has been reported throughout the USA and Canada. Puccinellia parishii, commonly known as Parish’s alkali grass or bog alkali grass, occurs in continuously moist alkaline desert springs, or cienegas.