Threatened lichens of Lower Silesia, Poland

Abstract

A preliminary red list of threatened lichens of Lower Silesia (SW Poland) is presented. Species have been valuated according to the Red Data Book Categories (IUCN). The list comprises 602 taxa (ca. 60% of the whole lichen flora of Lower Silesia). 52 species are considered as rare (category R), 84 as vulnerable (V), and 63 species as endangered (E). The Silesian lichen flora is characterized by great numbers of taxa with extinct (Ex 140 taxa), and indeterminate (I 263 taxa) categories.

The lichen genus Opegrapha s. l. in Poland: morphological variability, ecology, and distribution

“…The first record of O. dolomitica was published by Körber [21]. It was also reported by Stein [182], Eitner [303], Migula [130], and a few times in the Polish lichenological literature from Dolny Śląsk (Lower Silesia Province) [132], Łańcuch Tatrzański macroregion [106,107], Pieniny Mountains [110,111], Sudetes [260], and West Beskids [131]. Like most of the epilithic species of the studied genera, O. dolomitica is found in the southern part of the country, with a few scattered localities in the western part of the Polish Carpathians and uplands (Fig.…”

“…Two of the analyzed specimens grew on the bark of Fagus sylvatica, while the third one grew on Carpinus betulus. The species was first reported by Migula [130] in northern Poland, and it also was found in the Beskid Sądecki Mountains [103], Beskid Żywiecki Mountains [131], Dolny Śląsk (Lower Silesia Province) [132], Pieniny Mountains [110], Równina Kozienicka (Kozienice Plain) [133], Wzgórza Łopuszańskie (Łopuszańskie Hills) [134].…”

“…Arthonia calcarea was reported for the first time by Eitner [303] in the Sudetes. It was later reported from the Łańcuch Tatrzański macroregion [106,107], Sudetes [260], and Dolny Śląsk (Lower Silesia Province) [132].…”

“…The first record of O. vermicellifera was published by Eitner [370] and Migula [130]. The species was reported from: Dolny Ślask (Lower Silesia Province) [132], Świętokrzyskie Mountains [199][200][201], Karkonosze Mountains [202], Mierzeja Wiślana (Vistula Spit) [215], Niecka Włoszczowska (Włoszczowa Basin) [216], northeastern Poland [218], Pobrzeże Szczecińskie (Szczecin Coastland) [80], Pojezierze Ełckie (Ełk Lakeland) [305], Pojezierze Olsztyńskie (Olsztyn Lake District) [235,236], Pogórze Przemyskie (Przemyśl Foothills) [112], Równina Bielska (Bielsk Plain) [55,243], Równina Drawska (Drawno Plain) [244], Równina Kozienicka (Kozienice Plain) [245,246,371,372], Śląsk Opolski (Opole Silesia) [262], Uznam and Wolin islands [354], West Bieszczady Mountains [373][374][375][376], West Carpathians [12], Western Pomerania [56,377], Wybrzeże Słowińskie (Slovincian Coast) [378] Białostocka (Białystok Highland) [356], and Wzgórza Radomszczańskie (Radomsko Hills) [216]. According to Nowak [10], this species was often misidentified and overlooked during field research because of its usually sterile thalli.…”

Advances in ecological modelling of soil properties by self-organizing feature maps of natural environment of Lower Silesia (Poland)

“…: Asplenium septentrionale, A. trichomanes, Polypodium vulgare, Dryopteris filix-mas, Sedum acre, Thymus pulegioides, Hieracium pilosella. Of particular importance are those of scientific and scenery value, such as: Dianthus superbus, Cyprypedium calceolus, Gentianella amarella, and representatives of the genera Dactylorhiza, Cephalanthera, Orchis, and other plants: Achillea pannonica, Alyssum alyssoides, Camelina microcarpa, Carduus nutans, Centaurea rhenana, Petrorhagia prolifera, Phleum phleoides, Scabiosa columbaria, Trifolium striatum (Kwiatkowski 1999;Mróz 2001), and other important communities of lichens (Kossowska and Fabiszewski 2004), bryophytes and vascular plants (Fabiszewski and Wojtuñ 2001;Fabiszewski and Kwiatkowski 2002). Moreover, observed are also the different synecological relations of plants as alliances or communities (Anio³-Kwiatkowska and wierkosz 1990).…”