Anacamptis-morio-ssp-morio_33

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Anacamptis morio susp. morio ( L.) Bateman, Pridgeon & Chase, syn.: Orchis morio (L.)Green-winged Orchid, CR: mali kaun, DE: Kleines KnabenkrautSlo.: navadna kukavicaDat.: April 28. 2015Lat.: 45.09753 Long.: 14.48152Code: Bot_871/2015_DSC6150 Habitat: Low, light wood with many bushes and small open patches of stony grassland, Quercus sp, Fraxinus ornus, Carpinus orientalis, Acer monspesulanum, Juniperus sp., Rubus sp, etc. present; flat calcareous terrain, partly sunny and dry place, elevation 70 m (230 feet), average precipitations 1.000 - 1.200 mm/year, average temperature 13 - 15 deg C, submediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil.Place: West of village Poljice, north of the dirt road to sea shore, inland of island Krk, Adriatic Sea, Kvarner bay, Croatia EC. Comment: Growing in groups of many plants. More than fifty plants can be seen from this spot. Many of them pink, violet and of all kinds of colour shades.Protected according to 'Uredba o zavarovanih prostoiveih rastlinskih vrstah'Url. RS, t. 46/2004 (Regulation of protection of wild growing plants, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, No.: 46/2004). Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species.Ref.:(1) R. Domac, Flora Hrvatske, Prirunik za odreivanje bilja, kolska Knjiga, Zgreb, II. izdanje (2002), p 462.(2) H. Baumann, S. Kuenkele, R. Lorenz, Orchideen Europas, Ulmer (2006), p 230. (3) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzender Lander, Quelle & Meyer (2008), p 62.(4) B. Dolinar, Kukavievke v Sloveniji (Orchids in Slovenia), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p 19.