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Mondró-halom kurgan (Hencida, East Hungary), a refugium of loess grassland vegetation
143-149Views:677Fragments of the natural grassland vegetation are often preserved only in those areas which are inadequate for arable farming. In many cases kurgans hold the last remnants of dry grasslands in lowland areas, like the Great Hungarian Plain. They also have an essential role in preserving cultural and landscape values. Moreover, they harbour several rare plant and animal species. Our aim was to explore the vegetation of the Mondró-halom kurgan (Hencida, East Hungary). Altogether we found 74 vascular plant species in the loess grassland of the kurgan. Several rare species of the Bihari-sík region, such as Inula germanica, Ranunculus illyricus and Rosa gallica were also detected. The steep slopes of the kurgan with various micro-sites and exposures supported a species-rich vegetation. Instead of its small area it harboured several forest steppic species and several steppic flora elements (Continental, Pontic-Mediterranean, Pontic, Pontic-Pannonic and Turanian).
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The flora of Bolondvár (Central Hungary, Colocense)
133-141Views:203A 0.26 km2 sized Natura 2000 area called Bolondvár, located in Central Hungary, near the village Mezőfalva was studied. It is used regularly as a meadow or sometimes as a pasture. Floristic data were collected between 2010 and 2013. The total number of taxa recorded was 362. The species diversity was high compared to other places of Hungary. There were 11 protected (e.g. Ajuga laxmannii, Astragalus asper, Cirsium boujartii, Inula germanica) and numerous locally rare species (e.g. Hieracium densiflorum, Lavatera thuringiaca, Orobanche lutea, Veronica austriaca).
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Contributions to the flora of the Szuha watershed and adjacent territories (NE Hungary) II.
41–52Views:349This paper presents new floristic data from the Putnok Hills (Northern Hungary), collected between 2022 and 2024. We found new localities of several taxa (Gymnocarpium dryopteris, Polystichum aculeatum, Dryopteris carthusiana, D. dilatata, Lychnis coronaria, Dianthus deltoides, D. collinus, Pulsatilla grandis, Hesperis sylvestris, Potentilla rupestris, Chamaecytisus albus, Lathyrus nissolia, Lathyrus palustris, Linum flavum, L. tenuifolium, Polygala major, Gentiana cruciate, Phlomis tuberosa, Pseudolysimachion longifolium, Inula helenium, Jurinea mollis, Centaurea triumfettii, Scorzonera purpurea, Sonchus palustris, Ornithogalum brevistylum, Scilla kladnii, Iris sibirica, Iris aphylla subsp. hungarica, Stipa pulcherrima, Cephalanthera damasonium, Neottia nidus-avis, Platanthera bifolia, Gymnadenia conopsea, Orchis morio, O. tridentata, O. ustulate, O. purpurea, O. elegans) that are legally protected in Hungary. We also recorded native and archeophyte weeds (Salsola kali, Silene dichotoma, Ranunculus arvensis, Bunias orientalis, Diplotaxis muralis, Vicia pannonica, Euphorbia exigua, E. falcata, Androsace elongata, Ajuga chamaepitys, Sherardia arvensis, Bromus secalinus), spreading aliens (Phytolacca americana, Mahonia aquifolium, Oxalis dilleniid, Abutilon theophrasti, Asclepias syriaca, Juncus tenuis, Elymus elongatus, Panicum dichotomiflorum) and escapees (Aquilegia vulgaris, Trifolium incarnatum, Foeniculum vulgare, Primula vulgaris, Lonicera caprifolium). This article contains data on 144 species, 8 of which are new to the flora of the Tornense region (Phytolacca americana, Mespilus germanica, Rhinanthus ×hungaricus, Orobanche alba subsp. major, Dipsacus ×fallax, Filago vulgaris s. str., Rudbeckia hirta, Bolboschoenus laticarpus) and 8 to the Putnok Hills (Polystichum aculeatum, Ranunculus trichophyllus, Diplotaxis muralis, Lathyrus palustris, Lonicera caprifolium, Crepis pulchra, Allium rotundum, Lolium multiflorum).