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Euphorbia lucida
Shining Spurge
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0316 2723 (2016-03-26)Copyright © 2016 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jul 1, 2008
latitude 45.73334 longitude 14.37149
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Cerknica intermittent lake, southwest of village Otok (Notranjska, Slovenia)notes Slo.: bleščeči mleček - Habitat: Grassland, bottom of an intermittent lake, regularly flooded during rainy periods, flat terrain, full sun, moist ground; elevation 545 m (1.790 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.600-1.800 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Euphorbia lucida is our tallest and the most exciting member of this large and interesting genus. It can grow up to 1.5 m high. Eventually only Euphorbia wulfenii growing only along Adriatic Sea shore can grow to comparable size. All Euphorbia species (about 1.600 are known!) extrude milky latex or resin when damaged and hence are easy to recognize. To tell apart species of this genus is much more demanding task. In Slovenia about 40 species are growing. Euphorbia lucida is known in Slovenia almost only from the intermittent Cerknica Lake, which is a world-famous karst natural monument included in the European Network of Special Protected Areas, the Natura 2000 sites. The plant is rare, highly endangered and protected. It is absent from northeast Italy west of Slovenia and extremely rare in Austria north of us, also known from a very limited region of Pannonia plane. 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 of rare and endangered species, marked by 'E' representing a critically endangered species. Ref.: (1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 462. (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 374. (3) L. Pintar, A. Seliškar, Cvetje Slovenske Dežele - Florula Slovenica, Založba Narava d.o.o. (2015) (in Slovenian), p 128. (4) J. Stergaršek, Cvet skrivnosti, Vodnik po rastlinskem svetu Cerkniškega jezera in okolice 2009, p67.camera Nikon D70 /Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_279/2008_DSC1009 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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