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Moehringia villosa
Short-haired Sandwort
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0216 0037 (2016-02-01)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jul 24, 2009
latitude 46.17446 longitude 13.97399
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South slope of Mt. Porezen, 1.630 m (5.346 feet); above the trail from Konjsko brdo to Jeseniška planina, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: kratkodlakava popkoresa - syn.: Arenaria villosa Wulf. - Habitat: steep, grass overgrown, mountain slope with vertical rocky steps; south aspect; locally vertical terrain; open, sunny, warm place; calcareous, skeletal ground; exposed to direct rain; elevation 1.410 m (4.620 feet); average precipitations ~ 2.800 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, prealpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil in rock crevices. Comment: Plants of genera Moehringia, Minuartia, Arenaria and similar are seldom admired. Most of them are low, inconspicuous plants with tiny, star-like, white flowers. However, Moehringia villosa is an exception, at least for my country. It is a Slovenian absolute endemic plant, which grows exclusively on a small area of northwest Slovenia and nowhere else. It can be found only on mountains Črna prst, Rdeči rob, Porezen and in Tolminka, Zadlašča and Baška grapa valleys. Although a rarity and extremely limited in its territory, it was found already in 1787 by one of the collectors of Karl Zois, brother of famous Slovenian Count Žiga Zois, important supporter of natural history of his time and many more. He sent it to Austrian botanist Franz Xaver Wulfen, who recognized and presented it to botanic world as a new species in 1790. Moehringia villosa prefers vertical and overhanging rocky walls where only a few other plants can thrive and which are often inaccessible. It likes shady and more or less humid places; hence the habitat of this find is not typical. Protected according to Uredba o zavarovanih prostoživečih rastlinskih vrstah, poglavje A, Uradni list RS, št. 46/2004 (Regulation of protected wild plants, chapter A, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 46/2004), (2004). According to Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002) enlisted in the Slovene Red List and marked by 'R' representing a rare species. Internationally protected by Bern Convention, Habitat Directive (Addendums II and IV). All known stands are included into 'Natura 2000' regions of Slovenia. Ref.: (1) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 161. (2) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 268. (3) H. Sauerbier, W. Langer, Alpenpflanzen: Endemiten von Nizza bis Wien (II), IHW-Verlag (2000), p 62. (4) T. Wraber, 2 x Sto alpskih rastlin na Slovenskem (2 x 100 Alpine Plants of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Prešernova družba (2006), p 28. (5) P. Skoberne, Zavarovane rastline Slovenije (Protected Plants of Slovenia), Mladinska Kniga (2007) (in Slovenian), p 50 .camera Nikon D70 /Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_366/2009_DSC1486 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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