<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The flora of 179 springs in Tatra National Park was studied between 2003-2006. These springs represent complete diversity in the region with respect to altitude (from 900 to 1960 m a.s.l.), kind of bedrock (on siliceous and carbonate bedrock) and spring discharge (from 0.1 to >3500 l/s), and they also represent various ecomorphological types (mainly rheo- and helocrenes). In the springs, 239 plant taxa were recorded (60 mosses, 51 liverworts and 128 taxa of vascular plants). Among these species, 13 taxa (Arabis soyeri subsp. subcoriacea, Bryum schleicheri, Cardamine amara, Dichodontium palustre, Epilobium alsinifolium, E. anagallidifolium, Heliosperma quadridentatum, Palustriella commutata, Philonotis calcarea, P. seriata, Rhizomnium magnifolium, Scapania paludosa, S. uliginosa) had an ecological optimum in crenic habitats (crenophiles). Ecological and phytosociological characteristics of these species, as well as their distribution in the investigated springs, were shown.</p></abstract>

The flora of 179 springs in Tatra National Park was studied between 2003-2006. These springs represent complete diversity in the region with respect to altitude (from 900 to 1960 m a.s.l.), kind of bedrock (on siliceous and carbonate bedrock) and spring discharge (from 0.1 to >3500 l/s), and they also represent various ecomorphological types (mainly rheo- and helocrenes). In the springs, 239 plant taxa were recorded (60 mosses, 51 liverworts and 128 taxa of vascular plants). Among these species, 13 taxa (Arabis soyeri subsp. subcoriacea, Bryum schleicheri, Cardamine amara, Dichodontium palustre, Epilobium alsinifolium, E. anagallidifolium, Heliosperma quadridentatum, Palustriella commutata, Philonotis calcarea, P. seriata, Rhizomnium magnifolium, Scapania paludosa, S. uliginosa) had an ecological optimum in crenic habitats (crenophiles). Ecological and phytosociological characteristics of these species, as well as their distribution in the investigated springs, were shown.

Flora of springs in the Polish Tatra Mountains – habitat and phytosociological characteristics of crenophiles

W. Szafer Institute of Botany Polish Academy of Sciences, Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Poland; Silesian Botanical Garden, Sosnowa 5, 43- 190 Mikołów, Poland

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The flora of 179 springs in Tatra National Park was studied between 2003-2006. These springs represent complete diversity in the region with respect to...

Flora of springs in the Polish Tatra Mountains – habitat and phytosociological characteristics of crenophiles

Published Online: May 09, 2015

Page range: 25 - 36

Received: Dec 16, 2013

Accepted: Dec 27, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2014-0011

Keywords
crenic flora, water-springs flora, spring ecosystem, Montio-Cardaminetea, Tatra Mountains, Tatra National Park

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Flora of springs in the Polish Tatra Mountains – habitat and phytosociological characteristics of crenophiles

Published Online: May 09, 2015

Page range: 25 - 36

Received: Dec 16, 2013

Accepted: Dec 27, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2014-0011

Keywordscrenic flora, water-springs flora, spring ecosystem, Montio-Cardaminetea, Tatra Mountains, Tatra National Park

© De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
crenic flora, water-springs flora, spring ecosystem, Montio-Cardaminetea, Tatra Mountains, Tatra National Park