Halophytic flora and vegetation in southern Moravia and
northern Lower Austria: past and present

J 2022

Halophytic flora and vegetation in southern Moravia and northern Lower Austria: past and present

DANIHELKA, Jiří, Kryštof CHYTRÝ, Martin HARÁSEK, Petr HUBATKA, Klára KLINKOVSKÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Halophytic flora and vegetation in southern Moravia and northern Lower Austria: past and present

Authors

DANIHELKA, Jiří (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kryštof CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin HARÁSEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr HUBATKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Klára KLINKOVSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Filip KRATOŠ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Anna KUČEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Karolína SLACHOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Daniel SZOKALA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Helena PROKEŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Eva ŠMERDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin VEČEŘA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Milan CHYTRÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Preslia, Praha, Česká botanická společnost při AV ČR, 2022, 0032-7786

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.400

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/22:00129143

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2022.013

UT WoS

000789270500002

Keywords in English

Czech Republic; flora; habitat; halophyte; history; inland saltmarsh; Lower Austria; Moravia; nature conservation; saline; vegetation

Abstract

V originále

Halophytic habitats are distinctive components of the landscape in southern Moravia, Czech Republic, and the Pulkau valley in northern Lower Austria. We provide a historical overview of their flora and vegetation since the early 19th century and describe the current state assessed in the field at all remaining sites in 2020. We summarized the historical and current distribution of 17 species with the strongest affinity for saline habitats in the study area: Bupleurum Triglochin maritima and Tripolium pannonicum. Of these, Galatella cana, Salicornia perennans, Suaeda prostrata and Triglochin maritima are regionally extinct. We also characterized the bryoflora typical of saline habitats. We classified historical and newly recorded releves and identified 14 halophytic associations belonging to the alliances Chenopodion rubri, Meliloto nellion limosae, Juncion gerardii and Festucion pseudovinae. The vegetation of the alliance Salicornion prostratae had disappeared in the study area by the 1970s. The alliance Festucion pseudovinae, with the association Centaureo pannonicae-Festucetum pseudovinae, was recognized as a new vegetation type for the Czech Republic. Using soil pH and electrical conductivity measurements, we evaluated the relationships of individual species and vegetation types to soil salinity. This synthetic study shows that the once well-developed halophytic flora and vegetation in the study area steadily declined from the early 19th century to the 1980s, initially mainly due to drainage and after the mid-20th century due to the combination of drainage and cessation of grazing. The introduction of conservation management in the 1990s and ecological restoration contributed to stabilizing plant diversity at the last saline sites. The future of halophytic flora and vegetation depends on the continuation of conservation management.

Links

GX19-28491X, research and development project

Name: Centrum pro evropské vegetační syntézy (CEVS) (Acronym: CEVS)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

DANIHELKA, Jiří, Kryštof CHYTRÝ, Martin HARÁSEK, Petr HUBATKA, Klára KLINKOVSKÁ, Filip KRATOŠ, Anna KUČEROVÁ, Karolína SLACHOVÁ, Daniel SZOKALA, Helena PROKEŠOVÁ, Eva ŠMERDOVÁ, Martin VEČEŘA and Milan CHYTRÝ. Halophytic flora and vegetation in southern Moravia and northern Lower Austria: past and present. Preslia. Praha: Česká botanická společnost při AV ČR, 2022, vol. 94, No 1, p. 13-110. ISSN 0032-7786. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2022.013.

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ER  -

DANIHELKA, Jiří, Kryštof CHYTRÝ, Martin HARÁSEK, Petr HUBATKA, Klára KLINKOVSKÁ, Filip KRATOŠ, Anna KUČEROVÁ, Karolína SLACHOVÁ, Daniel SZOKALA, Helena PROKEŠOVÁ, Eva ŠMERDOVÁ, Martin VEČEŘA and Milan CHYTRÝ. Halophytic flora and vegetation in southern Moravia and northern Lower Austria: past and present. \textit{Preslia}. Praha: Česká botanická společnost při AV ČR, 2022, vol.~94, No~1, p.~13-110. ISSN~0032-7786. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2022.013.

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