VOLUM OMAGIAL - Facultatea de Ştiinţe ale Naturii şi Ştiinţe Agricole
VOLUM OMAGIAL - Facultatea de Ştiinţe ale Naturii şi Ştiinţe Agricole
VOLUM OMAGIAL - Facultatea de Ştiinţe ale Naturii şi Ştiinţe Agricole
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Dimcho Zahariev, Elka Radoslavova / Ovidius University Annals of Biology-Ecology 14: 25-31 (2010)<br />
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott, Echinops<br />
sphaerocephalos L., Gypsophila paniculata L.,<br />
Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Mornh., Lilium<br />
martagon L., Orchis morio L., Orchis purpurea<br />
Huds., Orchis simia Lam., Orchis tri<strong>de</strong>ntata Scop.,<br />
Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce, Polystichum<br />
aculeatum (L.) Roth, Primula veris L., Ruscus<br />
aculeatus L., Ruscus hypoglossum L., Salix caprea<br />
L., Scilla bifolia L., Stipa capillata L., Stipa<br />
pulcherrima C. Koch, Stipa tirsa Stev.<br />
Prohibited is the collecting ofherbs from the<br />
natural habitats of 12 species: Althaea officinalis L.,<br />
Asarum europaeum L., Asplenium trichomanes L.,<br />
Convallaria majalis L., Helichrysum arenarium (L.)<br />
Mornh., Orchis morio L., Orchis purpurea Huds.,<br />
Orchis simia Lam., Orchis tri<strong>de</strong>ntata Scop., Phyllitis<br />
scolopendrium (L.) Newm., Ruscus aculeatus L.,<br />
V<strong>ale</strong>riana officinalis L.<br />
Un<strong>de</strong>r a controlled use are 6 species: Berberis<br />
vulgaris L., Betonica officinalis L., Carlina<br />
acanthifolia All., Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.,<br />
Primula veris L., Sedum acre L.<br />
En<strong>de</strong>mic species (Figure 1) are relatively well<br />
represented – 29 species (3.69% of all species on the<br />
plateau). Their number is close to the nation-wi<strong>de</strong><br />
average – 4.86% [24]. This group inclu<strong>de</strong>s 17 Balkan<br />
suben<strong>de</strong>mites: Campanula grossekii Heuff.,<br />
Campanula lingulata W. et K., Carduus candicans<br />
Waldst. et Kit., Chaerophyllum byzantinum Boiss.,<br />
Doronicum orient<strong>ale</strong> Hoffm., Galium heldreichii<br />
Hal., Galium pasch<strong>ale</strong> Forsskal, Galium<br />
pseudoaristatum Schur., Ophrys cornuta Stev.,<br />
Pseudolysimachion barrelieri (Schott ex Roem. et<br />
Schult.) Holub, Salvia amplexicaulis Lam., Senecio<br />
papposus (Reichenb.) Less., Stachys obliqua Waldst.<br />
et Kit., Symphytum ottomanum Friv., Syringa vulgaris<br />
L., Thesium simplex Vel., Verbascum lychnitis L. The<br />
Balkan en<strong>de</strong>mites are 9 species: Achillea clypeolata<br />
Sibth. et Sm., Aesculus hippocastanum L., Bupleurum<br />
apiculatum Friv., Inula aschersoniana Janka, Knautia<br />
macedonica Griseb., Koeleria simonkaii Adam.,<br />
Onosma thracica Vel., Salvia ringens Sibth. et Sm.,<br />
Sesleria latifolia (Adam.) Deg. The Bulgarian<br />
en<strong>de</strong>mites are 3 species: Anthemis regis-borisii Stoj.<br />
et Acht., Campanula euxina (Vel.) Ancev, Myosotis<br />
aspera Vel.<br />
Data for the relict species on the area of the<br />
plateau was first published by Zahariev and<br />
Radoslavova [14]. The flora of the plateau inclu<strong>de</strong>d<br />
29<br />
significant number of relict species – 42 (Figure 1).<br />
They account for 5.34% of the total species. The<br />
majority of them, 39 species, are Tertiary relicts:<br />
Abies alba Mil., Acer campestre L., Acer hyrcanum<br />
Fisch. et C. A. Meyer, Acer pseudoplatanus L., Acer<br />
tataricum L., Aesculus hippocastanum L., Betula<br />
pendula Roth, Carpinus betulus L., Carpinus<br />
orientalis Mill., Celtis glabrata Steven, Cercis<br />
siliquastrum L., Clematis vitalba L., Corylus<br />
avellana L., Cotinus coggygria Scop., Cyclamen<br />
coum Mill., Fraxinus excelsior L., Fraxinus ornus<br />
L., He<strong>de</strong>ra helix L., Juniperus communis L.,<br />
Lathyrus aureus (Stev.) Brandza, Pastinaca umbrosa<br />
Stev. et DС., Phragmites australis (Cav.) Steud.,<br />
Picea abies (L.) Karsten, Pinus nigra Arn., Populus<br />
alba L., Populus nigra L., Populus tremula L.,<br />
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn., Quercus cerris L.,<br />
Quercus d<strong>ale</strong>champii Ten., Ruscus aculeatus L.,<br />
Ruscus hypoglossum L., Salix alba L., Salix caprea<br />
L., Taxus baccata L., Ulmus laevis Pall., Ulmus<br />
minor Mill., Viburnum lantana L., Viscum album L.<br />
They were wi<strong>de</strong>spread during the Tertiary, but their<br />
habitats today are much smaller.<br />
The second group are quaternary relicts. They<br />
have become part of our flora as a result of glaciation<br />
during the Quaternary. Therefore, they are<br />
consi<strong>de</strong>red glacial relicts. On the plateau, there are<br />
two such species: Limodorum abortivum (L.) Sw.<br />
and Galanthus nivalis L. From the third group, the<br />
postglacial steppe relict, only one species is found:<br />
Sternbergia colchiciflora Waldst. et Kit.<br />
The species with highest conservation value, i.e.<br />
those that fall into the categories of being<br />
endangered and vulnerable, are 24 in number.<br />
With the highest conservation value is Cyclamen<br />
coum Mill., which is inclu<strong>de</strong>d in 6 different lists of<br />
endangered species: Directive 92/43/ЕЕС, CITES,<br />
IUCN Red List, Red book, BDA, Tertiary relicts.<br />
Second comes the group of the species<br />
Galanthus nivalis L. and Limodorum abortivum (L.)<br />
Sw. They appear in 5 different lists: CITES, IUCN<br />
Red List, Red book, BDA, quaternary relicts. This<br />
also applies to Aesculus hippocastanum L., which is<br />
inclu<strong>de</strong>d in the following lists: IUCN Red List, Red<br />
book, BDA, Balkan en<strong>de</strong>mites, Tertiary relicts.<br />
The third group of species that is listed in 4 lists<br />
is Himantoglossum caprinum (Bieb.) C. Koch.<br />
(Directive 92/43/ЕЕС, CITES, IUCN Red List, ЗБР),<br />
Anthemis regis-borisii Stoj. et Acht. (IUCN Red List,