Publication details
Utricularia vulgaris v Hodonínské Dúbravě
| Title in English | Utricularia vulgaris in the Hodonínská Dúbrava forest |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Zprávy České Botanické Společnosti |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Botany |
| Keywords | endangered species; germination; Hodonínská Dúbrava; seed bank; Utricularia vulgaris; wetland |
| Description | Critically endangered species Utricularia vulgaris has been re-discovered in Hodonínská Dúbrava forest after more than 20 years. Young plants were observed at one of the wetland depressions in spring 2014, but they didn’t survive to flower. The presence of viable seeds of U. vulgaris has been recorded in the sediment of three wetland depressions during macrofossil analysis. The age of the sediment with viable seeds was up to 100 years, which suggests that the seed bank of the species is long-time persistent. The most probable reason of U. vulgaris decline in Hodonínská Dúbrava is lowering of the water table. |