Structure of the Flora of Railway Areas under Various Kinds of Anthropopression

Galera, Halina; Sudnik‐Wójcikowska, Barbara; Wierzbicka, Małgorzata; Jarzyna, Ingeborga; Wiłkomirski, Bogusław

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“…Currently, it occupies a transect of over 300 m in length. Also Galera et al [54] are of the opinion that G. angustifolia localities are more often situated along unused railway lines compared to used and active railway lines. This is in agreement with the opinion that railway lines create artificial corridors for wildlife and support the distribution of alien species diaspores [22,44,[57][58][59][60].…”

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“…According to Jonik et al [52] and Kleszcz et al [53], G. angustifolia is mainly located in railway areas as opposed to morphologically similar G. ladanum, which is typical for segetal communities. Galera et al [54] identified G. angustifolia among the species of railway areas, but it was recorded only in 11 localities. Sudnik-Wójcikowska et al [55] revealed G. angustifolia along the railway lines in northeastern Poland only in 4 localities.…”

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A new locality of Galeopsis angustifolia (Ehrh.) Hoffm. in Pyrzyce Plain (West Pomerania, Poland)

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Borcz

2016

Acta Agrobot

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The aim of the research was to explore a new locality of Galeopsis angustifolia (Lamiaceae), a rare taxa in Poland. The floristic composition of a plant community with G. angustifolia was determined. The species was recorded along the railway line from Pyrzyce to Stargard Szczeciński, near to the railway station in Okunica village, not used since 2004. Currently, the plant community with G. angustifolia occupies a transect >300 m in length. It is also sporadically found in the areas adjacent to the railway line. The species penetrates into ruderal communities from the Artemisietea vulgaris class and creates plant communities with Galeopsis angustifolia, a dominant species in the patches. Synanthropic species, e.g., Rubus caesius, Convolvulus arvensis, Senecio viscosus, meadow species, e.g., Arrhenatherum elatius, Potentilla reptans, Pastinaca sativa, and mosses of dry and rocky habitats also form plant communities with Galeopsis angustifolia. Keywords rare species; Galeopsis angustifolia; railway areas; plant communities IntroductionRailway lines create specific environmental and soil conditions for plant growth. Species growing in these biotopes have distinctive ecological features; they are tolerant to excessive light, temperature fluctuations, resistant to the strong effect of precipitation, frost, erosion, wind, and air movement initiated by passing trains [1]. Despite harmful abiotic factors, railway lines create a habitat for many plant species from different ecological groups. Wildlife developed along railway lines has been the object of interest of many naturalists for many years. A lot of attention has been dedicated to flora growing in railway areas [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], including rare and protected plant species growing along railway embankments [22][23][24][25]. Galeopsis angustifolia from Lamiaceae is one of the rare species that grows in railway habitats in Poland [26,27].Galeopsis angustifolia (Ehrh.) Hoffm. is an annual plant with a height of 10-40 cm and a grey-hairy stem, without firm bristles near the nodes. It is characterized by lance-shaped or narrow lance-shaped leaves and by entire or softly corrugated leaf margins with 4 pairs of teeth at the most. The flowers are small (15-25 mm), with a red-violet perianth, gathered in pseudo-whorls. The calyx is very hairy, usually without glands, with visible veins in the lower parts and three times shorter than the corolla. The fruit is an ovoid nutlet which contains numerous seeds. It blooms from June till October [28,29]. According to the ecological indicator values, this species prefers warm regions and microhabitats (T = 5-4), and it grows in full light (L = 5). It is adapted to dry places (W = 2), rich in calcium carbonate (R = 5), poor in nutrients (Tr = 2) and organic matter (H = 2), scree and gravel [27].

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A new locality of Galeopsis angustifolia (Ehrh.) Hoffm. in Pyrzyce Plain (West Pomerania, Poland)

Bacieczko

Borcz

2016

Acta Agrobot

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“…were considered rare (Galera et al, 2014). However in general, vascular plant diversity (at a scale of 110 km 2 ) in the Croatian Mediterranean-climate region ranks among the highest in the country, with a high overall biodiversity that is significant in a broader European context (Jelaska et al, 2010;Nikolić et al, 2015).…”

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“…Railway stations, which are the major trans-shipment points for goods, are recognized as "hot spots" for expansion of synanthropic plants (Gilbert, 1989;Wiłkomirski et al, 2012). Plants in such extreme habitats prefer light and dry sites, and, in general, the flora is characterized by species with relatively low frequencies of occurrence (Galera et al, 2014).…”

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

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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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“…На северо-востоке Польши в 2007-2008 гг. зарегистрировано 338 видов (Galera et al, 2014), однако там была исследована растительность железнодорожных путей в узком смысле слова (между рельсами и на прилегающем к ним железнодорожном настиле). В центральной Польше на железнодорожном узле г. Пабьянице зарегистрировано 382 вида (Warcholińska, SuwaraSzmigielska, 2009).…”

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Structure of the Flora of Railway Areas under Various Kinds of Anthropopression

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A new locality of Galeopsis angustifolia (Ehrh.) Hoffm. in Pyrzyce Plain (West Pomerania, Poland)

A new locality of Galeopsis angustifolia (Ehrh.) Hoffm. in Pyrzyce Plain (West Pomerania, Poland)

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

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