Open AccessNewly discovered relic population of Rubus chamaemorus L. in the Western Carpathians
Author(s) -
A. Koczur
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.2004.018
Subject(s) - bog , rubus , glacial period , geography , population , physical geography , structural basin , geology , ecology , archaeology , paleontology , biology , peat , demography , sociology
In the territory of Poland, Rubus chamaemorus is a rare glacial relict. Its localities known to date were in the northern part of the country and in the Sudeten Mountains. In 2002, a new locality of this species was discovered in the Orawa-Nowy Targ basin in the Carpathians. It is the southernmost locality in the European distribution area of this species. Rubus chamaemorus grows there on a raised bog in communities of the Oxycocco-Sphagnetea class. The spatial structure of the population depends on microhabitats reflecting the hummock-hollow structure of the peatbog