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Changes of Meadow Flora Species
in Area of Cedyński Landscape Park
E. Stępień
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Department of Plant Taxonomy and Phytogeography, University of Szczecin,
Wąska 13, 71-415 Szczecin, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2009;18(6):1211-1215
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to investigate the dynamic state of meadow species (Molinietalia,
Arrhenatheretalia) of vascular plants in the area of Cedyński Landscape Park and determine the most important
factors of the changes. The floristic data were drawn up on the basis of field studies carried out in 1998-
2003 and of source materials. Of 113 species of meadow plants found in the area of CLP 9.7% are extinct or
lost while 26.5% are potentially threatened with extinction owing to a small number of stations. This concerns
stenotopic species attached to a given type of habitat and to methods used in meadow cultivation. In the landscape
of the Park the accessibility and common occurrence of open habitats of the type of roadsides, fallows,
yards at homesteads and fences, land reclamation ditches and earth banks present the possibility of easy access
for meadow species of fairly low ecological requirements. Some species of this group are equally frequently
distributed in semi-natural, natural and anthropogenic habitats (26%), while the remaining ones (25%) are
more frequent in transformed habitats. In respect to preferences for soil moisture the species occurring in fresh
soils prevail.