Composition and structure of the flora in intra-urban railway areas

Wrzesień, Małgorzata; Denisow, Bożena; Mamchur, Z.; Chuba, M.; Resler, Ija

doi:10.5586/aa.1666

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“…In this study, we build on earlier work and report an analysis of the flora of intraurban railway areas located in the cities of Lublin and Lviv [29][30][31]. In particular, we compared the richness and abundance of the invasive alien plants recorded within railway areas.…”

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Invasive flora within urban railway areas: a case study from Lublin (Poland) and Lviv (Ukraine)

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Heterogeneous and disturbed habitats within railway areas create an ideal environment for establishment of invasive plant species. In this study, we compared the invasive species composition and abundance within railway areas of two cities, Lublin, SE Poland and Lviv, W Ukraine. In total, 70 invasive species were recorded. The invasive species list was similar for the two cities, with the most invasive species occurring at both (81.4%), 8.5% occurring only in Lublin and 10% only in Lviv. The proportion of invasive species in the total flora was almost 1.5-fold higher at Lviv compared to Lublin. Invasive species have originated mainly from continental America (45.7%), followed by Asia and Eurasia. The participation of invasive plants derived from Asia and Eurasia at Lviv is higher than at Lublin. The invasive flora includes a wide range of taxonomic groups, with a predominance of Asteraceae and Poaceae. The ecological attributes of invasive species on railway areas are: mainly annual therophytes, mostly wind-and insect pollination modes, a predominance of generative reproduction, anthropochorous and anemochorous dispersal and short-term persistent, long-term persistent or transient seed banks.

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Invasive flora within urban railway areas: a case study from Lublin (Poland) and Lviv (Ukraine)

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“…Залізничне сполучення сприяє також активним міграціям адвентивних видів рослин, у тому числі й інвазійних видів. Окрім того, залізничні насипи є техногенними екотопами (забруднені нафтопродуктами, важкими металами, продуктами видування й опадання сипучих вантажів: вугілля, руди, цементу тощо), і саме на них формується своєрідний рослинний комплекс [26,[29][30][31].…”

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Mosses and Vascular Plants on Railway Tracks in the Lviv City

Mamchur¹,

Chuba²,

Drach³

2017

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У статті наведено список видів рослин на території залізничних колій у м. Львові, який охоплює 409 видів (41 вид мохоподібних і 368 види судинних рослин), що належать до 275 родів, 86 родин із шести відділів: Marchantiоphyta, Bryophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta, Pinophyta, Magnoliophyta. Проаналізовано особливості систематичної та фракційної структур флори, характеру розподілу видів у різних екотопах залізниці. Показано, що у процесі заростання територій залізниці переважають мохоподібні-апофіти (92,7 %), серед яких 52,6 % евентапофітів і 47,4 % геміапофітів. Серед судинних рослин також домінують апофіти (57,6 %), але активно проникають адвентивні види (37,2 %), серед яких 57,7 % становлять кенофіти і 42,3 %археофіти. Незначна кількість у флорі індигенофітів: мохоподібних-7,3 % і судинних рослин-5,2 %. Серед досліджених типів екотопів рослини найчастіше обирають для поселення територію прилеглих до залізниці смуг (77,5 %), трапляються на насипах і в канавах (52,5 %), а також на залізничному полотні (40,7 %). Виявлено низку рослин, проникнення і поширення яких є небезпечним для природних екосистем.

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“…However, in general, our study showed that the character of the flora associated with railway areas is mostly influenced by the degree of anthropogenic pressure, the environmental conditions prevailing in such areas and probably the land use along railways. All these factors, including railway management practices, interacted and evidently impacted on the richness and composition of the flora (Wrzesień et al, 2016). Our analysis will contribute to the establishment of a broader understanding of the management and conservation potential of this land use type.…”

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Analyses of the flora of railway stations in the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Jasprica

Milović²,

Dolina

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Nat. Croat.

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The main aims of our study were (1) to determine the flora in railway areas with special emphasis on the presence of neophytes; (2) to describe the features of the flora through analyses of taxonomic composition, chorotypes, life forms and the phytosociological character of species found at 15 stations in the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (SE Europe). According to their floristic composition, two broad groups of stations were recognized: i) stations in the most southerly area with higher annual precipitation and air temperature (cities of Ploče, Metković, Čapljina, Mostar), and ii) stations in sub-Mediterranean rural areas located exclusively at higher altitudes, including stations in three Dalmatian large cities (Zadar, Šibenik, Split). Altogether, 359 vascular plant taxa (336 species and 23 subspecies) were identified within 62 families and 230 genera. Therophytes, and Mediterraneans with a considerable proportion of Cosmopolitans were predominant. Neophytes contributed 14% of identified flora, the majority being invasive. In the phytosociological spectrum, the largest element was made up of taxa from Stellarietea mediae and Festuco valesiacae-Brometea erecti classes. Most of the railway stations studied excluding those in large cities, retain a link with the floristic composition of the plant communities of their biogeographic contexts. jugu Hrvatske i Bosne i Hercegovine s višom godišnjom količinom oborina i temperaturom zraka (Ploče, Metković, Čapljina, Mostar) te ii) postaje u ruralnim područjima na isključivo višim nadmorskim visinama, uključujući i one u tri najveća dalmatinska grada, Zadru, Šibeniku i Splitu. Ukupno je utvrđeno 359 svojti (336 vrsta i 23 podvrste) vaskularnih biljaka svrstanih u 230 rodova i 62 porodice. Prevladavali su terofiti te svojte mediteranskog flornog elementa s značajnim udjelom široko rasprostranjenih svojti. Udio neofita u ukupnoj flori bio je 14%, a većina imaju status invazivnih svojti. Fitocenološki, najveći broj svojti svojstvene su vegetacijskim razredima Stellarietea mediae i Festuco valesiacae-Brometea erecti ili njihovim nižim sintaksonima. Najveći broj istraživanih željezničkih postaja, osim onih u velikim dalmatinskim gradovima, pokazuju vezu s florističkim sastavom biljnih zajednica unutar svojeg biogeografskog položaja.

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Composition and structure of the flora in intra-urban railway areas

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Invasive flora within urban railway areas: a case study from Lublin (Poland) and Lviv (Ukraine)

Invasive flora within urban railway areas: a case study from Lublin (Poland) and Lviv (Ukraine)

Mosses and Vascular Plants on Railway Tracks in the Lviv City

Analyses of the flora of railway stations in the Mediterranean and sub-Mediterranean areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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