date of photo Apr 7, 2016
latitude 46.36059 longitude 13.70249
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location
Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, right bank of river Soča, Na Melu place, near Trenta 2b cottage, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)notes Slo.: pirenejska vijolica - Habitat: grassland, pasture; moderately inclined mountain slope, south aspect; calcareous, colluvial, skeletal ground; mostly growing under developing leaves of Aconitum lycoctonum; dry, sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain; elevation 610 m (2.000 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Viola pyrenaica is a beautiful, rare alpine violet. In Austria north of us it is considered rare to very rare (Ref.:3), it has not yet been found west of Slovenia in Friuli Venezia Guilia, Italy (Ref.:6) and at the beginning of this century it was known only from a single UTM 10 km sub-square in Slovenia (Ref.:7). Yet, during last decade several new finds have occurred. Still, each new find is a joyful event, particularly if it happens, so to say, in front of your own house. 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 'R' representing a rare species. Ref.: (1) Personal communication with and identification Dr. Igor Dakskobler, Natural History Institute 'Jovan Hadži?, SAZU. (2) A.Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 420. (3) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 433. (4) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 436. (5) K.Lauber and G.Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 398. (6) L. Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia, University of Trieste (2002), p 524. (7) N. Jogan, ed., Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia, Center za Kartografijo favne in flore (2001), p 410.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_941/2016_DSC0789 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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