a list of the endangered species of
Transylvania, Romania
The list below is a link to the pages
which make reference to the actual known situation of the
endangered plant and animal species of Transylvania
irrespective whether they are or are not included on the
european and national lists of prioritary species.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of
species, especially in the case of the Transylvanian hilly
area which despite the fact that they are on the European
lists of prioritary species are not at all truly endangered or
rare in the region (i.e. Echium russicum, Crambe
tataria
). On the other hand there are many species
which are to be encountered in the European Union only in
Romania or even only in Transylvania but are not recorded on any list.
The list below is of course totally
incomplete and therefore totally opened (actually it
consists mostly of the species the developers of this
site worked upon) and we wait also for other contributors to
publish here, under their authority their data about the rare
species of Transylvania (GPS
and GIS data
and themes, photographs, releves, reports on the field situations encountered). The
secrecy mania about the general data of the sites and species
we know is not anymore a viable manner to treat the nature
of Transylvania. We should be open and united in order to
preserve what it still can be preserved of our precious flora and fauna.
Achillea impatiens, Adonis
volgensis,
Allium
atropupureum
, Allium obliquum,
Astragalus
asper , Astragalus dasyanthus,
Astragalus
exscapus ssp. transsylvanicus
, Astragalus
peterfii ,
Bulbocodium
vernum , Centaurea
atropurpurea
, Centaurea
orientalis
, Centaurea
reichenbachii
, Centaurea
ruthenica,
Centaurea
solstitialis
,
Centaurea
trinervia , Crepis pannonica, Crepis sibirica,
Delphinium simonkaianum, Digitalis ferruginea,
Dracocephalum austriacum,
Goniolimon
tataricum
, Gypsophila
collina,
Haplophyllum
suaveolens
, Hypericum umbellatum, Iris humilis,
Iris
pontica
, Krascheninnikovia
ceratoides
, Lamium bithynicum, Ligularia
sibirica, Ligularia glauca, Nepeta
ucranica,
Paeonia tenuifolia,
Peucedanum
latifolium
, Peucedanum
officinale
, Peucedanum
rochelianum ,
Plantago
schwarzenbergiana
, Plantago
cornuti
, Plantago
maxima
, Polygala sibirica,
Scutellaria
supina
, Scutellaria
alpina
, Serratula
lycopifolia
, Serratula
wolffii
, Veratrum
nigrum, Thlaspi kovatsii
The following species though included
in EU or Romania's priority lists are not rare for
the region of Transylvania but they are indicators of a good
preservation of the sites where they grow - especially when
represented by large populations. They are hence of great use
because all the sites where they are identified must be
declared as NATURA 2000 habitats.
Echium russicum, Crambe
tataria
The following species though endemic
are not rare for the areas of Transylvania where there are
proper habitats for them, and therefore their survival is not
yet a matter of concern however they need constant
monitoring
Thymus comosus, Viola jooi,
Cephalaria radiata
The list below contains species which in
the nearby future will become very rare and probably they will
need similar attention as the ones in the first list. Their
Transylvanian populations continually get contracted and many of them
suffer total extinction.
Linum
nervosum, Dianthus collinus ssp. glabriusculus, Dianthus armeriastrum,
Centaurea triumfettii ssp. axillaris, Clematis
integrifolia, Clematis recta, Centaurea stenolepis ssp.
bansagensis, Salvia nutans, Peucedanum tauricum
All the lists above are yet
opened.
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