black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Distribution, Habitat type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors. Found on a littoral
strip of sea coast, coastal sands and places near rocks. Critical habitats: Evpatoria,
Mysovoye (Kazantip Cape), Sudak, Maly Mayak and Karabakh (southern coast of the
Crimea). Limiting factors: small size of population, elimination during storms and
other unfavourable natural situations, overgrazing.
Biology. Flowering and fruit-bearing in June-August. Reproduction by seeds.
Population trends. The population is not abundant, and has a tendency to decline.
Threats. Habitat destruction by the creation of artificial beaches and construction in
the coastal zone, recreational stress, collecting for eating.
Conservation measures taken. The species has been entered in the Red Data Books
of Bulgaria and Ukraine.
Conservation measures proposed. Complete inventory of locations, population
monitoring, organization of more nature reservations. Can be cultivated for eating.
References
Golubev, V. N., 1996. Biologicheskaya flora Kryma. (Biological Flora of the
Crimea). Yalta: GNBS: 86 pp. (in Russian).
Luks, Y. A., L. A. Privalova & L. V. Kryukova, 1976. Katalog redkikh,
ischezayushchikh i unichtozhaemykh rasteniy flory Kryma, rekomenduyemykh dlya
zapovednoy okhrany. (Catalogue of Rare, Disappearing and Exterminative Crimean
Flora Plants Recommended for Protection). Yalta, GNBS: 24 pp., (in Russian).
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