Image of Typha shuttleworthii W. D. J. Koch & Sond.

Description:

Habitat: Overgrown fresh alluvial river deposits, in a small depression with occasional standing water, among Salix sp. and Myricaria germanica bushes, shallow ground water, calcareous ground, flat terrain, sunny, exposed to direct rain, average precipitation ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, elevation 350 m (1.150 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. - Substratum: partly muddy river deposits, mostly limestone pebbles. - Comment: Only a few plants, three of them with flowering spikes. Enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by 'V' representing a vulnerable species. - Ref.: (1) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Sudtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 1073. (2) A.Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnična Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 822. (3) H.Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Bluetenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer (2000), p 682.