Preliminary Red List Assessment of Turkish Sphagnum (Sphagnopsida)

Year 2022, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 1 - 10, 16.06.2022

Mesut Kırmacı , Uğur Çatak , Fulya Filiz

https://doi.org/10.26672/anatolianbryology.956824

Cited By: 1

Abstract

The present study assessed the IUCN categories of 27 taxa belonging to genus Sphagnum from Turkey. Result of this evaluation showed that two taxa, S. flexuosum and S. fimbriatum are Critically Endangered; 5 taxa, S. angutifolium, S. fuscum, S. rubellum, S. squarrosum and S. warnstorfii, are vulnerable; and 6 taxa, S.contortum, S. medium, S. quinquefarium, S. papillosum, S. subfulvum and S. tenellum, are endangered. Moreover, 4 taxa were assessed as Near Threatened and 9 taxa were assessed as Least Concern. Lastly, S. cuspidatum which has been reported recently from Turkey was evaluated as data deficient. At the end of study, it has been determined that habitat losses are the most important threatening factor and conservation strategies are proposed for each species.

Keywords

Bryophyte, Bryophyta, IUCN categories, Conservation, Peat, Blanket bog

Supporting Institution

TÜBİTAK

Project Number

113Z631

Thanks

The study was supported by a grant from TÜBITAK (TBAG–113Z631) to Authors for the investigation of Turkish Sphagnum. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to TUBITAK for supporting our project. Also, many thanks to Prof. Dr. Harald KÜRSCHNER for teaching us about the genus Sphagnum and blanket bogs in field. Additionally, many thanks to Prof. Dr. Adnan ERDAĞ, Asst. Prof. Dr. Ersin KARABACAK, Teacher Adem KESİMAL, Lecturer Nuri KİLİMCİ, Bekir POLAT and Bülent ÖMÜR for their kind help during the field trip.

Türkiye Sphagnum’larının (Sphagnopsida) Ön Kırmızı Liste Değerlendirmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Türkiye’de yayılış gösteren Sphagnum cinsine ait toplam 27 takson IUCN kategorilerine göre değerlendirilmiş ve 2 takson, S. flexuosum ve S. fimbriatum kritik olarak tehlike altında, 5 takson S.angutifolium, S. fuscum, S. rubellum, S. squarrosum ve S. warnstorfii hassas ve 6 takson S.contortum, S. medium, S.quinquefarium, S. papillosum, S. subfulvum ve S. tenellum tehlike altında olarak bulunmuştur. 4 takson tehdite yakın, 9 takson ise düşük riskli olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Son olarak Türkiye’den yakın zamanda kaydı verilen S. cuspidatum veri yetersiz olarak değerlendirilmiştir. Çalışmanın sonunda, Türkiye Sphagnumlarını tehdit eden en önemli faktörün habitat kayıpları olduğu belirlenmiş ve her takson için koruma stratejileri önerilmiştir.

Keywords

Karayosunları, Yapraklı karayosunları, IUCN kategorileri, Koruma, Turba, Battaniyemsi bataklıklar

Project Number

113Z631

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