<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Human activity is a factor strongly influencing the current state of vegetation. The abandonment of traditional land use enables uncontrolled secondary succession. Libanotis pyrenaica, a host plant for Orobanche bartlingii, is a great example of species that spread as a result of this process, especially in the area of the Silesian-Cracow Upland. The aim of this study is to show that the expansion of L. pyrenaica caused by changes in land use promotes spreading of O. bartlingii - a species rare in Poland and Europe. During the field research conducted in the last decade, further localities of O. bartlingii were found. The gathered data were summarized to supplement the known distribution of the species and to present floristic and ecological characteristics of the phytocenoses with the participation of L. pyrenaica and O. bartlingii.</p></abstract>

Human activity is a factor strongly influencing the current state of vegetation. The abandonment of traditional land use enables uncontrolled secondary succession. Libanotis pyrenaica, a host plant for Orobanche bartlingii, is a great example of species that spread as a result of this process, especially in the area of the Silesian-Cracow Upland. The aim of this study is to show that the expansion of L. pyrenaica caused by changes in land use promotes spreading of O. bartlingii - a species rare in Poland and Europe. During the field research conducted in the last decade, further localities of O. bartlingii were found. The gathered data were summarized to supplement the known distribution of the species and to present floristic and ecological characteristics of the phytocenoses with the participation of L. pyrenaica and O. bartlingii.

New localities of Orobanche bartlingii Griseb. in the Silesian-Cracow Upland as a result of the spread of Libanotis pyrenaica (L.) Bourg. due to the changes in land use

Department of Botany and Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Jagiellońska 28, 40-032 Katowice, Poland

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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Human activity is a factor strongly influencing the current state of vegetation. The abandonment of traditional land use enables uncontrolled secondary...

New localities of Orobanche bartlingii Griseb. in the Silesian-Cracow Upland as a result of the spread of Libanotis pyrenaica (L.) Bourg. due to the changes in land use

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 45 - 60

Received: Dec 29, 2014

Accepted: Aug 08, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/biorc-2015-0021

Keywords
Orobanche bartlingii spreading, Libanotis pyrenaica expansion, vegetation changes, the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland, the Silesian Upland

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New localities of Orobanche bartlingii Griseb. in the Silesian-Cracow Upland as a result of the spread of Libanotis pyrenaica (L.) Bourg. due to the changes in land use

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 45 - 60

Received: Dec 29, 2014

Accepted: Aug 08, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/biorc-2015-0021

KeywordsOrobanche bartlingii spreading, Libanotis pyrenaica expansion, vegetation changes, the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland, the Silesian Upland

© De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Orobanche bartlingii spreading, Libanotis pyrenaica expansion, vegetation changes, the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland, the Silesian Upland