<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents problems connected with expansiveness and threats of grasses in Poland. Some subjectively selected grass species are given. They have conventionally been divided into two opposite groups: (<italic>i</italic>) expansive or even invasive grasses, referred to here as "invincible", and (<italic>ii</italic>) grasses that are threatened for a variety of reasons, and deserving protection.</p></abstract>

The paper presents problems connected with expansiveness and threats of grasses in Poland. Some subjectively selected grass species are given. They have conventionally been divided into two opposite groups: (i) expansive or even invasive grasses, referred to here as "invincible", and (ii) grasses that are threatened for a variety of reasons, and deserving protection.

Grasses in Poland: invincible, but threatened

Department of Systematics of Vascular Plants, Polish Academy of Sciences, W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Lubicz 46, 31-512 Kraków, Poland

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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The paper presents problems connected with expansiveness and threats of grasses in Poland. Some subjectively selected grass species are given. They have...

Grasses in Poland: invincible, but threatened

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Juli 2011

Seitenbereich: 93 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10119-010-0025-z

Schlüsselwörter
grasses, Poaceae, expansion, invasion, threat, protection, Poland

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Grasses in Poland: invincible, but threatened

Online veröffentlicht: 11. Juli 2011

Seitenbereich: 93 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10119-010-0025-z

Schlüsselwörtergrasses, Poaceae, expansion, invasion, threat, protection, Poland

This content is open access.

Schlüsselwörter
grasses, Poaceae, expansion, invasion, threat, protection, Poland