Viola-pinnata_43

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Viola pinnataPinnated violet Slo.: pernatolistna vijolicaDate: April 14. 2011Lat.: 46.36076 Long.: 13.69883 Elev.: 665 mCode: Bot_503/2011_DSC7137Habitat: calcareous ravine, moderately inclined toward SE, warm and dry place, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, elevation 665 m (2.200 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: fine scree and sand in the ravine bed, sparsely grass and Salix sp. bushes overgrown, among rocks; seldom in rock crevices.Place: in the SE ravine of Mt. Bavki Grintavec, 2.347 m (7.701 feet) west of 'Na Melu' place , above the trail leading form Trenta 2b house toward west, Lower Trenta valley, East Julian Alps, Posocje, Slovenia EC Comment: This plant is a quite a rare fund in Slovenia, however not protected by law. It is rare also according to ref. (2). It occurrence is proven in 12 UTM squares (out of 170) in Slovenia (Ref.:(3)) and in 6 UTM squares (out of 83) in neighboring Friuli Venezia Giulia in Italy (Ref.:(4)).Ref.:(1) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 421. (2) M.A.Fischer, W.Adler, K.Oswald, Exkursionsflora Oesterreich Liechtenstein, Suedtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 432.(3) N. Jogan (ed.), Gradivo za Atlas flore Slovenije (Materials for the Atlas of Flora of Slovenia), CKSF (2001), p409. (4) L.Poldini, Nuovo Atlante corologico delle piante vascolari nel Friuli Venezia Giulia,University of Trieste (2002), p524.