<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper presents a regional red list of vascular plant species native to the Western Suwałki Lakeland, north-eastern Poland, based on the IUCN red list categories and criteria. The distribution and abundance data were obtained from the field floristic inventories carried out in 2008- 2016 using the ATPOL cartogram method. The historical occurrences of vascular plant species were revised in the field. The list comprises 203 species, including seven regionally extinct species, 43 critically endangered species, 49 endangered species, 25 vulnerable species, 48 near threatened species, and 31 data deficient species. The results are compared to the Polish national red list of pteridophytes and flowering plants and briefly discussed.</p></abstract>

The paper presents a regional red list of vascular plant species native to the Western Suwałki Lakeland, north-eastern Poland, based on the IUCN red list categories and criteria. The distribution and abundance data were obtained from the field floristic inventories carried out in 2008- 2016 using the ATPOL cartogram method. The historical occurrences of vascular plant species were revised in the field. The list comprises 203 species, including seven regionally extinct species, 43 critically endangered species, 49 endangered species, 25 vulnerable species, 48 near threatened species, and 31 data deficient species. The results are compared to the Polish national red list of pteridophytes and flowering plants and briefly discussed.

Red list of vascular plants of the Western Suwałki Lakeland, north-eastern Poland

Department of Taxonomy, Phytogeography and Paleobotany, Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Kopernika 31, 31-501 Kraków,

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The paper presents a regional red list of vascular plant species native to the Western Suwałki Lakeland, north-eastern Poland, based on the IUCN red list...

Red list of vascular plants of the Western Suwałki Lakeland, north-eastern Poland

Published Online: Apr 20, 2017

Page range: 65 - 73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2017-0007

Keywords
extinction, IUCN red list categories and criteria, threatened species, Poland

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

Red list of vascular plants of the Western Suwałki Lakeland, north-eastern Poland

Published Online: Apr 20, 2017

Page range: 65 - 73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2017-0007

Keywordsextinction, IUCN red list categories and criteria, threatened species, Poland

© Silesian Museum

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

Keywords
extinction, IUCN red list categories and criteria, threatened species, Poland