Vascular plants and bryophytes of the natural monument «Petrovskoe boloto» (Russia, Bryansk Region): the preliminary lists

According to the results of the study of the flora of the natural monument of regional natural monument «Pe-trovskoe swamp» (Russia, Bryansk Region, Mglinsky district), carried out in 2018–2019, annotated lists of vas-cular plants and bryophytes were compiled. The flora of vascular plants includes 367 species from 80 families. The largest number of species is found in the families Asteraceae (40 species), Poaceae (34), Rosaceae (25), Fabaceae (19), Cyperaceae, Lamiaceae and Apiaceae (17), Caryophyllaceae (13), Ranunculaceae (15), Brassi-caceae and Scrophylariaceae (10). 5 of these species are listed in the regional Red Data Book (Krasnaia..., 2016): Diphasiastrum complanatum, Juniperus communis, Lathyrus pisiformis, Pulsatilla patens, Sanicula europaea. Alien species were recorded, including those spreading from cultivated coenoses in nearby settlements: Acer negundo, Amelanchier spicata, Echinocystis lobata, Helianthus tuberosus, Hemerocallis fulva, Hesperis pycnotricha, Levisticum officinalis, Oxalis stricta, Rudbeckia laciniata, Saponaria officinali, Sorbaria sorbifolia. Bryophytes belong to 107 species in 41 families. New localities of mosses listed in the regional Red Data Book were discovered: Homalia trichomanoides, Neckera pennata, Sphagnum jensenii. Indicator species of old-growth forests were noted: Anomodon longifolius, Homalia trichomanoides, Hypnum cupressiforme, Neckera pennata, Stereodon pallescens.

A Kerka-vidék gyertyános-tölgyesei

In this study, the phytosociological characteristics of oak-hornbeam forests in the Kerka valley, sW Hungary are summarized using 50 vegetation samples. These forests grow on alluvial soils affected by high groundwater table, and thus are best regarded as extrazonal communities exhibiting some characteristics of hardwood gallery forests. The high number of submontane elements are particularly typical of them: Aco-nitum vulparia,Adoxa moschatellina, Anemone nemorosa, Anemone ranunculoides, Asarum europaeum, Athyrium filix-femina, Cardamine bulbifera, Cerastium sylvaticum, Coryda-lis cava, Coridalis solida, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Gagea spathacea, Galanthus nivalis, Galeobdolon luteum, Isopyrum thalictroides, Knautia drymeia, Lathyrus vernus, Leucojum vernum, Lilium martagon, Luzula pilosa, Maianthemum bifo-lium, Mercurialis perennis, Milium effusum, Oxalis acetosella, Paris quadrifolia, Pulmonaria officinalis, Ranunculus lanugi-nosus, Sanicula europaea, Scilla drunensis, Stellaria holos-tea, Veronica montana, etc. The high frequency of Fritillaria meleagris is particularly noteworthy. These plants are likely to be relics of the cooler and wetter, and less extreme Beech I. phase of the Holocene. The occurrence of some sub-Med-iterranean species (Carex strigosa, Helleborus dumetorum, Knautia drymeia, Vicia oroboides) suggests some degree of relatedness to the oak-hornbeam forests in the zala Hills (Helleboro dumetorum-Carpinetum). The studied woods are sharply separated from the oak-hornbeam forests of Western Transdanubia (Cyclamini-Carpinetum), and exhibit relatively closer similarity to the oak-hornbeam forests of the Mura and Drava floodplains and the Raba River valley (Veronico montanae-Carpinetum). syntaxonomically, they are best identified with the latter under the name Veronico montanae-Carpinetum scilletosum drunensis.

Флористическое разнообразие лесных сообществ низкогорий Кузнецкого Алатау (Кемеровская область)

Приведены результаты исследований лесных сообществ низкогорий Кузнецкого Алатау (Кемеровская область). Выявлено флористическое разнообразие пяти участков, расположенных в трех ботанико-географических районах: Барзасского таежного, Томь-Кондомского предгорного и Кузнецко-Алатаусского высокогорного.На обследованных участках были отмечены растения, включенные в Красную книгу Кемеровской области (2012):Asarum europaeum L., Dactylorhiza fuchsii (Druce) Soa, Erythronium sibiricum (Fisch. et C.A. Mey.) Krylov, Polypodium vulgare L., Sanicula europaea L., Tilia sibirica Bayer.

Deep complex morphophysiological dormancy in Sanicula europaea (Apiaceae) fits a recurring pattern of dormancy types in genera with an Arcto-Tertiary distribution

Genus Sanicula encompasses about 40 species, mainly from temperate deciduous forests and exhibiting an Arcto-Tertiary relict distribution. It has previously been shown that stasis in physiological traits, such as seed dormancy, can occur in genera with an Arcto-Tertiary disjunct distribution. The aim of this study was to determine the requirements for dormancy break and seed germination in the Eurasian woodland herb Sanicula europaea L. Comparing our results with other Apiaceae in a phylogenetic and biogeographic framework enables us to determine whether stasis in seed dormancy has occurred in Sanicula. Experiments under natural conditions showed that the embryo elongates within the seed during winter, when temperatures are low. Seeds of S. europaea germinated immediately after growth of the embryo was completed, and seedlings subsequently emerged when temperatures had risen in spring. A series of tests under temperature-controlled conditions revealed that growth of the embryo and physiological dormancy break occur simultaneously at low temperatures (5 °C), irrespective of a pre-treatment at high temperatures. These results contrast with the dormancy traits of several eastern North American Sanicula species, which presumably require a high temperature pre-treatment before chilling becomes effective. This geographical distribution pattern of seed dormancy traits has also been established independently in several other Arcto-Tertiary relict genera.