Typha-laxmannii_5

Description:

Typha laxmanniiLaxman's BulrushSlo.: Laxmanijev rogozDat.: Aug. 29. 2008Lat.: 46.01098 Long.: 14.58688Code: Bot_291/2008_DSC2666Habitat: Partly overgrown ruderal ground in an abandoned query, marl bedrock, flat terrain, sunny, exposed to direct rain, average precipitation 1.300-1.400 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 370 m (1.200 feet), pre-Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: muddy clay with some sand on marl ground.Place: Abandoned query E of village Orle near Ljubljana, Dolenjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Here growing together with Typha latifolia, many plants. Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species. The rarest species of genus Typha in Slovenia. Very difficult to find and easy to recognize - the upper male (staminate flowers) part of the spike is much longer than lower female (pistillate flowers) part . Ref.:(1) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Sudtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1073.(2) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 823. (3) H.Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Bluetenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer (2000), p 682.