Abstract
In the territory of Poland, <em>Rubus chamaemorus </em>is a rare glacial relict. Its localities known to date were in the northern part of the country and in the Sudeten Mountains. In 2002, a new locality of this species was discovered in the Orawa-Nowy Targ basin in the Carpathians. It is the southernmost locality in the European distribution area of this species. <em>Rubus chamaemorus </em>grows there on a raised bog in communities of the Oxycocco-Sphagnetea class. The spatial structure of the population depends on microhabitats reflecting the hummock-hollow structure of the peatbog.
Highlights
Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus L.) is an endangered (EN) species in Poland
Rubus chamaemorus grows in the patch of hummockhollow mire which represents a mixture of two associations, possibly some regional variants of Sphagnetum fusci Luequ. and Sphagnetum magellanici boreale Jasn
At present there are no direct palaeobotanical data available which would support the idea of Rubus chamaemorus surviving in Orawa-Nowy Targ basin since the glaciation period
Summary
Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus L.) is an endangered (EN) species in Poland. It is one of the rarest elements of the Polish flora, entered into the national red list of endangered and vulnerable species (Zarzycki, Szel1g 1992), and into the Polish Red Book of Plants (Kamierczakowa, Zarzycki 2001). In Poland, this species is a glacial relic (Paw3owska 1972).
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