New occurrence of Myricaria germanica in a secondary habitat (NE Hungary)

Péter Kelecsényi,Attila Takács

doi:10.17542/kit.27.010

Abstract

In this paper, we report a new occurrence of Myricaria germanica (L.) Desf in a secondary habitat from the north-eastern part of Hungary, from the edge of the Bükk Mountains, in a slag dump in Miskolc. The plant is established on a steep wall formed during the extraction of slag. Due to the erosion of the wall, occasionally a few plants fall off. The age of the dead specimens is between 5 and 13 years, based on their growth rings. The population of about 50 individuals is the largest (but perhaps the only) living population of the species in Hungary. Other rare and protected species (Epilobium dodonaei Vill., Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs, Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth ex Mert.) have also been found in the slag heap area.

Highlights

False tamarisk (Myricaria germanica (L.) Desf.) is a shrub species with a highly fragmented Eurasian distribution area, mainly confined to the mountains (MEUSEL et al 1978, SITZIA et al 2021)
This habitat type has never been common in the current area of Hungary, and former populations of false tamarisk were known along rivers flowing from the Alps
We report on a recent discovery of a remarkable false tamarisk population in an anthropogenic habitat

Summary

A Myricaria germanica újabb előfordulása másodlagos élőhelyen

Összefoglalás – Közleményünkben a Myricaria germanica (L.) Desf egy újabb, másodlagos élőhelyhez kötődő előfordulását ismertetjük Észak-Kelet Magyarországról, a Bükk hegység pereméről, egy miskolci salaklerakó területéről. A salaklerakó területén további ritka és védett fajok is előkerültek (Epilobium dodonaei Vill., Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs, Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth ex Mert.). Kulcsszavak: anemochoria, Bükk hegység, pionír élőhely, salaklerakó, Tamaricaceae, veszélyeztetett faj Abstract – In this paper, we report a new occurrence of Myricaria germanica (L.) Desf in a secondary habitat from the north-eastern part of Hungary, from the edge of the Bükk Mountains, in a slag dump in Miskolc. Other rare and protected species (Epilobium dodonaei Vill., Dysphania botrys (L.) Mosyakin & Clemants, Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P. Fuchs, Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth ex Mert.) have been found in the slag heap area

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