Anastasiu & Negrean - Black List - Romania
Anastasiu & Negrean - Black List - Romania
Anastasiu & Negrean - Black List - Romania
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BLCIIARESI
EUROP]'ANILATFOI{\T
FOR BIODIVORSITY
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for Biodiversiiy;
Platform
National
Romanian
Editedby
SimonaMih;ilescu
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G A VR IL N E E R E A N ."
In assessing
invasivestatutewe took into
account the lnost recent recommendations
of specialists in matters of invasional
problemsof plant ecology(Richardsonet
al. 2000, Pyiek et al. 2D02,Pyiek et al.
2004), recommendationssupportedby 7l]?
Invasi re Species Speciali:t Group
(ISSG), integratedlnto SpeciesS\rvival
Commission actrng \yrlhin The World
Consetvation Union (IUCN). Thus,
accordingto the definition given by the
above cited authors, alien plants are
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I0. /l,itul
R*ar"l' Dqelapn nr
Acer negundoL.
Amorunthus retroJlexas L.
Atnbrosid artemisiiJolia L.
NorthAmericanannualspecies,
frequent
(urban,
in aftificial
industdallandscape,
wilsiDtroduccd
rulalzones).It
accidenlaily.
Jivorkamenlioned
il for the first time in
1910at Or$ova.Flom hereit wasspread
to severallocalitiesof theB anat.At present
it is widespredin Romania.
Amorphafruticosa LNorth Americanshrub,which has been
plant,mainly
introduced
asanornllmenlal
for live fencesandfor stabiliznrgdegmded,
erodedsoil.It is commonin seminatural
habitats.
Artemisiaannua LContinenlal
annualspecies;
it is common
in artificialhabitats,
on agricultural
fields
jndustr;al
and
urban
and
landscape.
Azolla Jilit uloides Larn.
Aquaticpteridophytefrom Noth America,
introduced
accidentally;it iscommonin still
waters(naturalhabitats),mainlyin southern
partsofRomanix.Thisplantis capableto
transformtheinvadedhabitatBassiascopa e (L.) A. J. Scotr.
Eurasiantherophyteis widespreadin
(industrialsurroundings,
artificialhabitats
railwaytracks).lt has beendeliberately
introduced,perhapsout of economical
reasons,
asindicatedby thepopularname
of "brooms".
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Plantparasitizing
variouscultivated
plants,
stemstiom North America.It appears
sporadically in artificial habitats
(cultivatedland).
Cannabissativa L. snbsp.spontane.t
(Vavilov)Serebrex Sereberand
Sizon
Annualplant,nativein CentralAsia;it is
widesFeadin artificialhabitats(industrial,
aswell asin semi
urban,rurallandscape)
mainlyin SEofRomania.
naturalhabitats,
Elodeanuttanii (Pl|J:.chon)St. John
During our rcsea.rchwork doneof late in
Dobrogea,we met it frequently in
Aquatic plant trom North America; it is
grasslands,
mainly thoseof the alliance oneof themostrecentlyinvasiveplantsin
Stipion lessingianae.
flora(Ciocirlan?t dl. 1998).At
Romanian
prcsentit is abundant
in naturaihabitats,
Cardaria dmba (L.) Desv. subsp.d/drd
alongtberiverDanubeandits Delta,but
plantof Mediteffanean
origin also in artificialhabitats(Carol I Park,
Herbaceous
Thisplanthasbeenintroduced
whoseareaof distributionhasadvanced Bucure$ti).
andapparently
it is replacing
accidentally
in
northwards.It is very widespread
Elodeacanadensis.
artificialhabitats.
Chamomilla suaveolcnr (Pursh)Rydb.
Theroph),te
fromEnstAsi4 NorthAmerica;
in seminatunlhabitats.
it is locallyabundant
provinces
It is frequentin intracarpathian
andnorthemMoldova.It is morcmesophile
andis abundantalongmountainpath.In the
lowlandit is rarEor absent.
"Et;4
Romania,
beinginvasiveonly in artificial
(industrial
habitats
suffoundings):
it was
inlroduced
aocidenlally.
Galinsoga pamiJlora Cav.
A species
stemming
from SouthAmericr;
it is oneofthe mostwidesprcad
weeds.It
accommodates
well with hoedcrops.It is
frequcntin all partsof Romania,evenin
seminaturalhabitats.G. cili.,t.,(Rafin)
Blrke is alsoofsouthAmerican
origin;it is
Iesswidespread,
althoughrecentlywefound
it in severallocations
asa ruderalplant.
I ntpatiensglandulifera Royle
Therophytefrom the Himalayas;it was
introduceddeliberatelybecnuseof its
quality.lt is locallyabundant
decoralive
in
seminaturalandartificial habitats.
Iva xanthiiJblia NnIt.
North American therophyte,which is
locallyabundant
in natuml,rcmi naturaland
arlificialhabitats.
Thisplantis apoweful.
dangercus
nllergen.
JuncustenukWllld.
plantfiom No(h America;it is
Perennial
locallyabundant
in naturalandseminatural
habitats.A mesophile,more frequentin
hilly andmounfain
zones.Itwasintroduced
accidentally.
Lepidiam densiflarum Schradet
No(h Americantherophyte,
accidertally
introduced;itis
locxllynbundant
inadificial
habitats,especiallyarenousones.It is more
frequentonsandysoilsoftheNW andSW
ofRomania(Oltenia)andalsoin thezone
ofHanulConachi(GalaliDistrict).Inother
partsof Romaniait growsmainlyin railway
stations,along roads.It has sometimes
beenmistakenfor L. virg,rrcrrlrl.
Rp a,t D.,rhfa n
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BIOI'LATFOkM
Sisjrinchium
.Analysingtheoriginof invasivespecies
in Romania, it becomesclear that tle great
maiority of them stem from America (24
taxa 66.667, of all invasive plants).Of
Asian origin are merely 8 taxa.(22.22Ea).
Solidago canadensis L.
Robinia pseudacacia L.
Tree of North American origin, which is
cuftivafed in RomaDiafor abour two
hund.ed years, mainly for fixation of
degradedsoil, of d nes, to establish
screeningplantations,etc-At presentit is
naturalizedin semi natural and artificixl
habitats.It installs itself easily even in
naturalhabitatsdisturbedbycertainfactors
(e.g., fire).
almus pumila L.
PereDnialspecies(sometimesannual) of
Asian origin, it is naturalizedin the S and
SE of Romania,where it grows as weed
in rice-fields(Ciocarlaner d/.1989).
Molus allra L.
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BIOPLATT-OF-M
accordancewith physical-geographical
pecrli ities andlegislatureofRomania.
To stimuli:rtethe awarenessof the public
vis d vis fiedangerofalien specieswe intend
to publish a popularising booklet contniDiDg
inlonnalions about the most liequently
invasive speciesand measurcsthat must be
taken for their prevention and control.
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