Ranunculus-lingua_2

Description:

Ranunculus linguaGreater SpearwortSlo.: velika zlaticaDat.: July 01. 2008Lat.: 45.74063 Long.: 14.37023Code: Bot_279/2008_1034 Habitat: Flooded grassland, sunny very humid place, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 1.600-1.800 mm/year, average temperature 6-8 deg C, elevation 550 m (1.800 feet), Dinaric phytogeographical region. Substratum: flooded soil. Place: West shore of Cerknica intermittend lake, about 800 m north of Village Otok, next to the road bridge, Notranjska, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing solitary or a few together. Very rare. Only a few stands know in Slovenia. Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species. In neighboring parts of Austria almost extinct.Ref.:(1) Personal communication with Mr. Branko Dolinar. (2) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 284. (3) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 144.