Abstract
Chara hispida (L.) Hartm. has been found in the Isikli Lake (Western Anatolia). The specimens are described; distribution and ecology of C. hispida are discussed. The bio-indication shows that the Isikli Lake is mainly an oligotrophic state with a trend to a mesotrophic state, and fresh low-alkaline water with low to middle organic pollution. A check-list of charophytes was compiled. There are sixteen species of charophytes known from Turkey, including 13 species of Chara and 3 species of Nitella.
Highlights
Chara hispida (L.) Hartm. is widespread and relatively common in Europe
The river flows across the lake to the Aegean Sea and is a part of Western Anatolia in the Freshwater Ecoregions of the World (FEOW) [14]
The most common macrophytes in the lake area were identified as Chara spp., Ceratophyllum demersum, Potamogeton lucens, Myriophyllum spicatum, Polygonum amphibium, and Potamogeton pectinatus
Summary
Chara hispida (L.) Hartm. is widespread and relatively common in Europe. The species concepts of C. hispida in different regions are not identical. The exact localities of species usually were not mentioned in published data, but at least three were known from Western and Southern Anatolia and Marmara regions, respectively, in drainage channels of Kaş Ova Gelemiş in Muğla Province [4], in Salda Lake in Burdur Province [1,3] and in the vicinity of Istanbul [5]. Detailed descriptions of this species were missing, as well as its ecology and habitats. Attention was given only to a few biological activities of this species [1,3,6]
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