Vedran Šegota

• PhD
• Herbarium curator at ZA and ZAHO at University of Zagreb

Galanthus reginae-olgae Orph. occurs in mainland Greece, the Ionian Islands, Corfu, Albania, Italy, Sicily, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia. This paper aims to extend the knowledge of the distribution and ecology of G. reginae-olgae in Croatia and the northwestern Balkans. A field study in 2023 revealed as many as 35 populations in...

The liverwort flora of Bosnia and Herzegovina is still underexplored, and this especially applies to the annual ephemeral species that inhabit the drawdown zones of rivers, lakes and reservoirs. Field research in the Peripannonian part of Bosnia and Herzegovina resulted in new and noteworthy records of liverworts. Riccia cavernosa and R. rhenana we...

Kroz 2023. godinu provedeno je istraživanje vaskularne flore područja Jakuševec koje pripada gradskoj četvrti Novi Zagreb – istok. Na području istraživanja zabilježeno je 239 vaskularnih biljnih svojti te osam vrsta mahovina. Najzastupljenije porodice bile su Poaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae i Cichoriaceae. Najčešći životni oblici bili su he...

This paper supplies new data on the occurrence of eight vascular plants ( Carpesium abrotanoides, Guizotia abyssinica, Gypsophila fastigiata, Heliotropium supinum, Hermodactylus tuberosus, Polycarpon tetraphyllum, Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum, Reynoutria sachalinensis ), three bryophytes ( Corsinia coriandrina, Cryphaea heteromalla, Leptodon smithii...

The flora of six islets of the Medulin Archipelago (Bodulaš, Ceja, Fenera, Fenoliga, Šekovac, Trumbaja) in southern Istria was explored in 2014 and 2021. Altogether, 214 taxa belonging to 50 families were recorded. As expected, the families most represented were Poaceae and Fabaceae, the most common chorotypes were the Mediterranean floral element...

Elodea canadensis Michx. (common waterweed) and Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) H. St. John (Nuttall’s waterweed), two invasive aquatic plants from North America, have coexisted in European water bodies since the early 20th century. New localities for both species in Croatia continued to be discovered during a study that ran from 2016 to 2023 as a part...

Floodplains are heterogeneous systems adjacent to large rivers periodically flooded by water originating from the river’s lateral flow. During floods, the water flows into the surrounding channels, ponds and lakes, creating an integrated dynamic system characterized by a mosaic of lotic and lentic habitats and by the exchange of nutrients and inhab...

During growing seasons 2018-2019 and in winter 2021, the flora of vascular plants and bryophytes of the Nature Monument Vrelo Une in southern Croatia was studied. The previous floristic data available for this area, covering 9.58 ha, are sparse, and this study recorded 219 taxa of vascular plants from 59 families. The species-richest families are C...

Bryophyte flora of the Significant Landscape Lower ”Kamenjak and Medulin Archipelago” in Istria (western Croatia) was studied from 2019 to 2021. The study resulted in a list of 14 liverwort and 60 moss taxa. Tortula pallida, Bryum gemmilucens, Microbryum davallianum var. conicum and Microbryum muticum are new national records. The prevalence of Med...

Popis flore mahovina Hrvatske dopunjen je sa sedam novih vrsta te jednim varijetetom na temelju četiri znanstvene publikacije koje su objavljene tijekom posljednje godine. Herzogiella striatella (Brid.) Z. Iwats. zabilježena je u Gorskom kotaru, Bryum barnesii J.B. Wood ex Schimp. na rijeci Zrmanji, dok su Bryum gemmilucens R. Wilczek & Demaret, To...

Cyrtomnium hymenophylloides (Huebener) T. J. Kop. is a rare arctic–alpine species previously known from only one locality in Croatia. We report two new records in this paper. Firstly, it was found along the hiking path Rossijeva Koliba – Fabin Dolac – Škrbina Draga (about 1550 m a. s. l.) in the Northern Velebit National Park in 2015. Eight years l...

It has been widely documented that the complex structure of forest ecosystems supports considerable bryophyte species and functional diversity. In this study, we assessed the diversity, distribution and ecological and phytogeographical features of bryophytes across a gradient of temperate forest types on Mt. Papuk. This is the largest and highest m...

The rare boreo-alpine moss Herzogiella striatella was found on Mt Snježnik (W Croatia) in 2015 and constitutes the first national record. Two populations were recorded inside an old and hardly accessible spruce forest on steep boulders (Lonicero caerulae-Piceetum) along the Frankopanski Put hiking path. The markedly cool and humid microclimate ensu...

A rare moss Buxbaumia aphylla was only recently found in Croatia. Here we report five new localities, one from Dilj Gora and four from Mt. Papuk. Small populations on bare acidic soil within the forest and along the forest edges were registered.

Tijekom 2022. godine istraživana je vaskularna flora Borongajskog luga u istočnom dijelu Grada Zagreba. Na istraživanom području zabilježeno je 215 biljnih svojti. Najbrojnije porodice bile su Rosaceae, Asteracecae i Fabaceae, a najčešći životni oblici hemikriptofiti, fanerofiti i terofiti. Od flornih elemenata najčešći su euroazijski florni elemen...

Mannia triandra (Scop.) Grolle is a rare thalloid liverwort species, known from a few, mostly sporadic, historical records in Croatia. In the recent years, two findings have been recorded on Mt Žumberačka Gora and one from Plitvice Lakes, and subsequently published. During 2022, two adjacent populations close to these previously known localities we...

Prior to this research little was known about the historical Herbarium Croaticum (ZA) bryophyte collection. In 2021 and 2022 the historical bryophyte collection from ZA herbarium was systemised, nomenclaturally revised and geocoded within Flora Croatica Database, revealing as many as 1982 specimens of 335 species gathered across Croatia prior to 20...

In terms of plant biodiversity, the Plitvice Lakes are one of the most valuable areas in Croatia. This natural barrage lake system of 16 larger and several smaller lakes, separated with tufa barriers in form of numerous waterfalls of different size, height and water velocity, stretches along 8 km, representing the largest habitat of the tufa formin...

The vascular flora of Krka National Park recorded after its proclamation in 1985 is presented and analysed. In total, 1509 plant taxa within 582 genera and 132 families were recorded. The most represented families are Compositae, Poaceae and Fabaceae, while the dominant chorotypes are south-European and Eurasian. Life-form analysis demonstrated tha...

During the summer of 2022 Rudbeckia triloba L. was recorded outside cultivation at four localities in the inland part of Croatia (Korana Selo, Vukova Gorica, Vugrovec and Slivonja Jarek) growing in anthropogenic habitats. This species, native to North America, was introduced to Europe as an ornamental and in several European countries is spreading...

A comprehensive survey of Croatian watercourses covering the whole of the national territory and investigating inherent watercourse heterogeneity was conducted to explore the ecological responses of the most frequent freshwater bryophytes with respect to water chemistry variables and land use within the catchment area. Direct multivariate ordinatio...

Cirsium candelabrum is a Balkan endemic species, non-indigenous to Croatia. In the last 13 years its spread was observed only in Central Dalmatia. From 2015 to 2021 we have been recording its invasive spreading across the Kvarner region and its arrival to the southern edge of Gorski Kotar. The plants appear in diverse numbers in two different habit...

Popis flore mahovina Hrvatske dopunjen je tijekom 2021. godine s tri nove vrste (jedna jetrenjača i dvije prave mahovine). Također, na osnovu detaljne revizije literature i recentnih taksonomsko-nomenklaturnih promjena, objavljen je novi popis vrsta rožnjača i jetrenjača Hrvatske, iz kojih je izbačeno 15 svojti. Osim nastavka intenzivnih terenskih...

While working on several projects dealing with the flora of Neretva River delta in south Croatia, interesting floristic discoveries were made. During fieldtrips, freshwater habitats (rivers, channels and lakes) were in the focus of the survey, and were studied in detail both from the boat and from the mainland. Altogether 69 plant taxa were recorde...

Croatian records of the critically endangered Anthemis tomentosa are very scarce. One population was known, from southernmost Istria, within the Significant Landscape Lower Kamenjak and Medulin Archipelago. First records from the 19 th century were regarded as dubious, but the species was finally confirmed on Rt Franina (surroundings of Premantura)...

The Croatian Adriatic coast with 1246 islands, islets, rocks and ridges was recognized as a botanical hotspot within Mediterranean basin. Mrduja is the only islet situated within the Split straits (Splitska vrata), a narrow passage between the islands of Šolta and Brač. Although in the last 25 years a significant effort has been made to explore Cro...

A comprehensive field survey of 527 sites on 293 watercourses across Croatia revealed 76 sites (14.42%) in which bryophytes were the dominant part of the macrophyte vegetation. Using classification and ordination analyses, we obtained five community types segregated across the gradients of several climatic, physiographic and water chemistry paramet...

An extensive macrophyte field survey of running and standing waters was conducted from 2016 to 2021 at 786 sampling sites across Croatia as a part of the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. This survey is the first to present a comprehensive floristic catalogue of the freshwater bryoflora, along with an analysis of the distribution and...

Background The bryophytes are a plant group that is smaller than and not as well known as the vascular plants. They are less used and are almost completely neglected in ethnobotanical studies. Traditional nativity scenes depicting the birth of Christ are commonly decorated with both vascular plants and bryophytes. The aim of this study was to docum...

The flora of the island of Zlarin was studied in 2019 and mapped using the Central European grid (MTB fields), the area studied consisting of nine MTB 1/64 fields. Altogether 576 vascular plant taxa (532 species and 44 subspecies) were identified, out of which there were 126 newly recorded, 450 previously recorded and confirmed, while 153 taxa from...

Rimac, A., Alegro, A., Šegota, V., Koletić, N. & Papp, B. 2021. Bryum klinggraeffii and Philonotis marchica – new to the bryoflora of Croatia. – Herzogia 34: 255 –266. Two new records for the still quite underexplored Croatian bryophyte flora are presented. The ephemeral colonist Bryum klinggraeffii was recorded in pioneer dwarf-cyperaceous vegetat...

Alegro, A., Šegota, V. & Rimac, A. 2021. A catalogue of the hornworts and liverworts of Croatia. – Herzogia 34: 227–254. The amount of information on the hornwort and liverwort flora of Croatia has increased in the last decade due to new field records and detailed literature reviews. Based on these data, an updated list of the hornwort and liverwor...

Do sada su u Glasniku Hrvatskog botaničkog društva objavljena četiri priloga koja popis flore Hrvatske i bazu podataka Flora Croatica (https://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/) dopunjuju s novoopisanim i novootkrivenim biljnim svojtama te se provode nomenklaturne preinake već postojećih svojti. Kako bi se taj niz i dalje nastavio, ovaj prilog je peti u nizu te...

Do sada su u Glasniku Hrvatskog botaničkog društva objavljena četiri priloga koja popis flore Hrvatske i bazu podataka Flora Croatica ( https://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd/ ) dopunjuju s novoopisanim i novootkrivenim biljnim svojtama te se provode nomenklaturne preinake već postojećih svojti. Kako bi se taj niz i dalje nastavio, ovaj prilog je peti u nizu...

The last record of Grafia golaka , a very rare relict umbellifer of disjunct Apennine-Dinaric distribution was latest reported from Croatia back in 1904. During our survey, this endemic was found on seven new localities in Gorski Kotar, in altitudinal range between 1273 and 1421 m a.s.l. It was recorded in altimontan-subalpine altitudinal belt with...

After being reported in Croatia for the first time in 2003, two new localities of the rare species Veronica scardica are presented in this paper. Accompanying species and corresponding vegetation are given for both localities. Additionally, morphological characters useful in distinguishing the similar taxa of the section Beccabunga are summarized.

Two previously known localities of Thladiantha dubia in Zagreb (Botanical Garden of Faculty of Science and Savica) were confirmed and four new localities (village Medinci near Slatina, Lateral Channel Adžamovka near Vrbova, village Zvonimirovo and channel Stara Savica in Zagreb) were recorded between 2015 and 2020. In Medinci and Zvonimirovo, male...

New records of 23 species of mosses and liverworts are presented, with detailed notes on their taxonomy, distribution, and ecological characteristics. These findings provide valuable insights for advancing research in biogeography, ecology, and conservation.

Procjena botaničkog sastava pašnjaka na različitim područjima s posebnim osvrtom na udjele terpena, koji osim učinka na terpenski profil arome mesa preživača mogu imati i potencijalni imunomodulacijski učinak, od bitnog je interesa suvremenog ovčarstva u R. Hrvatskoj. U istraživanjima u okviru ovog rada, pokazano je da ljekovite svojte bogate terpe...

Invasive alien species Ludwigia peploides, Reynoutria sachalinensis and Nicotiana glauca, currently registered in Croatia with small number of records, were found during fieldwork undertaken mostly through the national monitoring of waters from 2018 to 2020. Ludwigia peploides was previously recorded only once in the River Ilova, the existing data...

The carpological collection of Professor Ivo Horvat, a famous Croatian botanist of 20th century, was saved from oblivion, after its unexpected discovery at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Zagreb in 2019. As many as 515 diaspores (fruits and seeds) of 486 vascular plant taxa were systematised and digitised and the nomenclature was updated. A c...

A new site for stonewort Chara kokeilii A.Braun was recorded in a Mediterranean shallow lake Prološko Blato Retention, Croatia, SE Europe. The species was associated with the vegetation alliance Potamogetonion graminei Westhoff & Den Held. This record has been compared with four other sites (Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro) from which the...

First record of terrestrial green alga Trentepohlia aurea for Croatia has been documented in 1890 in the area of the Krka River, remaining the only record of this globally widespread species until now. During the studies within the course of different projects dealing with aquatic vegetation, the species was finally documented in Plitvice Lakes, Go...

As many as 963 herbarium sheets featuring 76 aquatic plant taxa from the ZA collection were digitised and published online through the Virtual Herbarium. Aquatic plants have been collected over a period of 176 years, with three peaks (second decade of the 20th century, in the 1940s and 1950s, and in the current decade). Most of the specimens were c...

Dosad su u Glasniku Hrvatskog botaničkog društva objavljena tri priloga koja popis flore Hrvatske i bazu podataka Flora Croatica (http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd) dopunjuju s novoopisanim i novootkrivenim biljnim svojtama te se provode nomenklaturne preinake već postojećih svojti. Kako bi se taj niz i dalje nastavio, ovaj prilog je četvrti u nizu te je...

Popis flore mahovina Hrvatske dopunjen je s 27 novih svojti (tri rožnjače, tri jetrenjarke i 21 prava mahovina) pronađenih u posljednjih pet godina. Vrste su unesene u novi modul Mahovine u bazi podataka Flora Croatica (https://hirc.botanica.hr/fcd/beta/Mahovine) u kojem je dosad dostupno ukupno 26674 nalaza mahovina iz 150 literaturnih referenci t...

arious areas, with special regard to terpene proportions, have an effect on the terpene profile of ruminant meat aroma, and may also have a potential immunomodulation effect in the animals. Therefore, assessments of pasture composition are of great interest to modern sheep breeding in Croatia. They study showed that medicinal plants with high terpe...

Herbarium collections are the most reliable source of historical data available with respect to alien plants. A review of the ZA and ZAHO herbarium collections revealed the presence of as many as 1,152 specimens of invasive alien plant species (IAS), belonging to 70 plant taxa. The extent of sampling in-vasive taxa was not constant over time; a hig...

In Croatia, Cypripedium calceolus L. is an orchid species that is endangered and strictly protected. Most of the findings in Croatia have been made in Mt. Velebit and the Lika region: however, most of the recorded findings are very old, and have not been confirmed in recent times. This paper presents a detailed analysis of all published records of...

Vascular flora of the 2.5 km long circular Okićnica educational trail in Žumberak-Samoborsko gor-je Nature Park contains 287 species and subspecies, with Fabaceae, Asteraceae and Rosaceae the most abundant families. The domination of Eurasiatic and Central European floral elements reflects the phyto-geographical position of the area; however, the p...

Polysiphonia subtilissima is originally a marine macroalga with a wide tolerance for salinity and therefore present on nearly all the coastlines of the planet. However, the transition of P. subtilissima toward freshwater ecosystems has been noticed worldwide, with numerous authors recording oligohaline and intertidal populations of notable size, al...

Cystopteris dickieana, a rare circum-Holarctic species, is recorded for the first time for the NW part of the Balkan area. Mature spores rugose characterize this fern within the C. fragilis species complex.

Eight new localities of the rare, strictly protected macrophyte Vallisneria spiralis have been recorded during a comprehensive survey of water bodies in Croatia. One record is located in the Mediterranean Region, in Butoniga Reservoir, while the remaining records are from the Continental Region, the majority of them situated along the Kupa River. V...

Sustav uzgoja i hranidbe janjadi, odnosno botanički sastav pašnjaka na kojima se janjad uzgaja ima značajan učinak na aromu i sastav janjećeg mesa („efekt teritorija“). Pri tomu znatan doprinos na formiranju arome janjetine imaju terpeni koji se izravno iz biljaka ugrađuju u životinjska tkiva preživača ili nastaju kao rezultat razgradnje klorofila...

As a result of the first research on macrofungi on peat moss habitats in Montenegro, three species new to the Montenegrin mycobiota are presented and described: Entoloma conferendum, Hygrocybe coccineocrenata, and Hypholoma ericaeum. The descriptions are accompanied by photographs of the basidiomata on site and some microscopic characters. Addition...

Abstract—As a result of the first research on macrofungi on peat moss habitats in Montenegro, three species new to the Montenegrin mycobiota are presented and described: Entoloma conferendum, Hygrocybe coccineocrenata, and Hypholoma ericaeum. The descriptions are accompanied by photographs of the basidiomata on site and some microscopic characters....

Amaranthus tuberculatus, commonly known as the rough-fruited water-hemp, is a dioecious annual weed species originating from North America. It has been introduced into Europe and Asia, where it is mostly considered a naturalized or casual alien occupying riparian areas, agricultural fields and disturbed habitats, especially in commercial port areas...

This paper summarises all available data on the flora of freshwater rhodophytes in Croatia, comprising 18 species from 13 genera—Audouinella, Bangia, Batrachospermum, Chroodactylon, Compsopogon, Hildenbrandia, Lemanea, Paralemanea, Pneophyllum, Polysiphonia, Porphyridium, Sirodotia and Thorea. Presented data are mostly a result of a comprehensive s...

Travnjaci Nacionalnog parka Sjeverni Velebit većinom nisu primarni tip vegetacije, nego su nastali kao posljedica ljudskog djelovanja krčenjem i paljenjem šuma, ispašom i košnjom. Taj je proces započeo prije više tisućljeća te je kontinuirano održavao ravnotežu između šuma i travnjaka, a rezultirao je većom bioraznolikošću no što bi bila u nedirnut...

Procjena botaničkog sastava pašnjaka na različitim područjima s posebnim osvrtom na udjele terpena, koji osim učinka na terpenski profil arome mesa preživača mogu imati i potencijalni imunomodulacijski učinak, od bitnog je interesa suvremenog ovčarstva u R. Hrvatskoj. U istraživanjima u okviru ovog rada, pokazano je da ljekovite svojte bogate terpe...

A floristic study of Jelenovac Forest Park, located in Zagreb city centre, was conducted during the vegetation season of 2019. In total, 255 vascular plant taxa were recorded, divided into 75 plant families, of which Compositae (12.55%), Rosaceae (7.06%) and Poaceae (6.67%) are the most represented. The spectrum of life-forms indicates the dominanc...

Ephemeral bryophytes are short-lived species that can germinate and finish their whole life cycle within a brief period when favourable conditions occur. A significant number of these specialist species are associated with moist and fine-textured substrata of the margins of lakes, reservoirs and rivers, also known as drawdown zones. Our study of th...

Hornworts are globally the least diverse bryophyte group with respect to species number, with only eight species known from Europe. As for Croatia, only two species are listed in the available literature, with most recent record being more than 85 years old. Our study carried out in Central Croatia identified three new species for the hornwort flor...

The 204-page book describes a total of 92 plant taxa in five languages (Croatian, English, German, Italian and French), accompanied by numerous photographs. The book is a practical pocket format, with each taxa indicating its brief description, photographs, flowering time and height.

Summarised checklist of 18 Rhodophyte species in 13 genera (Audouinella, Bangia, Batrachospermum, Chroodactylon, Compsopogon, Hildenbrandia, Lemanea, Paralemanea, Pneophyllum, Polysiphonia, Porphyridium, Sirodotia and Thorea) collected in freshwaters of Croatia is presented.

This paper reports for the first time the occurrence of Thorea hispida (Thore) Desvaux gametophyte stage as epizoic growth on aquatic gastropods, and also reports a new locality of T. hispida in Croatia and SE Europe. This is the second record for Croatia but first in which a population together with its microdiagnostic features is fully described....

egota, V., Hršak, V., Kovačić, S. (2019): Rare and threatened Damasonium polyspermum Coss. (Alismataceae) discovered in Krka National park. Glas. Hrv. bot. druš. 7(1): 27-32. Abstract Damasonium polyspermum The species Damasonium polyspermum, exceptionally rare in Croatia, has been found within Krka National park. This is the fourth known site of t...

Within the course of a recent, extensive bryophyte survey across the whole country, eight moss taxa have been recorded for the first time in Croatia: Conardia compacta (Drumm. ex Müll. Hal.) H. Rob., Cynodontium tenellum (Schimp.) Limpr., Dichodontium flavescens (Dicks.) Lindb., Fissidens fontanus (Bach. Pyl.) Steud., Orthotrichum philibertii Ventu...

Groenlandia densa is globally a widely distributed species; it has been recorded in the majority of the countries of the Western Balkans. However, the knowledge on its extant distribution in this particular area is limited and even controversial. In order to address this issue by tracking changes in species distribution over time and elucidating it...

Knotweeds were introduced into Europe in the 19 th century and soon after became aggressive invaders. While R. japonica and R. sachalinensis arrived from Asia, their hybrid Reynoutria × bohemica is believed to originate from the introduced range. Revised material shows that R. × bohemica has occurred in Europe since at least 1872, but was frequentl...

Alegro, A., Šegota, V., Vuković, N. & Papp, B. 2018. Myurella sibirica in Croatia, new record for southeastern Europe. – Herzogia 31: 782–790.

This paper reports the occurrence of the freshwater brown alga Heribaudiella fluviatilis (Areschoug) Svedelius in four new localities in southeastern Europe, as well as the first records for Croatia. Additionally, we report here a new type of substrate for H. fluviatilis, on stones in karstic rivers characterized by tufa formations. Despite a gener...

Egeria densa is a South American aquatic plant species considered highly invasive outside of its original range, especially in temperate and warm climates and artificially heated waters in colder regions. We report the first occurrence and the spread of E. densa in Southeast Europe, along with physicochemical and phytosociological characteristics o...

A regionally extinct taxon, Ammophila arenaria (L.) Link subsp. arundinacea H. Lindb., has been rediscovered in the Croatian flora after 78 years. Previously it was known only from two coastal sand dune sites in Northern Dalmatia. The habitat t the locality of Crnika near Lopar on the northern Adriatic island of Rab is destroyed and A. arenaria sub...

The monitoring of macrophytes in Croatian freshwaters, conducted during the period 2009-2017, resulted with the large amount of new data of the occurrence, composition and abundance of water vegetation. It also provided a systematic insight into the poorly studied groups, among which freshwater macroalgae can be highlighted. In addition, for the fi...

The aim of the study was to confirm the hybridogenous status of several populations of putative Serapias × todaroi along the eastern Adriatic coast, and identify the most useful morphological traits for recognizing the hybrid in the wild. We have performed a karyological study, and compared the morphology of the hybrids with the assumed parental sp...

A small population of the circumholoarctic species Glaux maritima L. (Primulaceae) was discovered in the Mediterranean part of Croatia, on the bank of the River Zrmanja. This is the first record of G . maritima in SE Europe, and the third record in the Mediterranean, apart from in Spain and the Asian part of Turkey. It was found on the open riverba...

Campylopus introflexus (Hedw.) Brid. is the most widespread invasive moss species in Europe. Originating from the Southern Hemisphere, it is nowadays causing serious changes in coastal sand habitats of Western Europe and invading various anthropogenic habitats in Central Europe. In South-Eastern Europe, the species was initially found in Croatia in...

The flora of the minute islet of Mrduja (1.3 ha), located between the Middle Adriatic islands of Brač and Šolta, was studied in 2017, resulting in the recording of 63 taxa of vascular plants and six bryophytes. The predominance of the Poaceae (13%) and Fabaceae (8%), terophytes (30%) and Mediterranean floral elements (73%) clearly demonstrates the...

Background and Purpose: The paper presents the forest vegetation of periodically flooded and wet forests of hardwood tree species along the Mirna River (Istria, Croatia). The main objective was to study the older and less influential stands, and to compare them among themselves and with related syntaxa of the Mediterranean and continental area. Mat...

Sternbergia colchiciflora is a rare species in Croatia, estimated as data deficient (DD), and therefore every new finding represents a valuable contribution to the knowledge of its distribution, with implications for its conservation status in the future. In this paper we describe newly found localities, and provide observations on its current dist...

Two new sites with benthic freshwater alga Hydrurus foetidus (Villars) Trevisan have been discovered in Dinaric Ecoregion of Croatia. The sites are located in two karst watercourses: Kupa River and Slušnica River. Both sites are non-shadowed aquatic habitats, with developed vegetation characteristic for clear, running waters. The alga was found dur...

Peat bogs are highly endangered ecosystems worldwide. In the Western Balkans, they represent fragmented habitat patches, where insect diversity and implications for the habitat loss are poorly known. Carabid beetles and ants, widely used environmental indicators, were sampled by pitfall trapping in the largest and oldest Croatian peat bog and at it...