Nature - Vegetation
Vegetation, Czech Republic
The diversity of terrain and geological composition of the Czech Republic
is reflected in the number and great variety of plant species that occur
in the Czech Republic. Three thousand vascular and many more non-vascular
plant species grow here . The development of flora was interrupted by
Quaternary glacial periods with most species migrating or originating here
after the last glacier receded.
The
diverse topography of the Czech Republic creates a similar vertical
diversity of flora. The Czech Republic area includes the following ranges:
- Lowlands with thermophilic flora and advanced agriculture
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Downs
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Forest-steppe with deciduous forests
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Lower mountains with recent spruce monocultures
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Mountains with beech and spruce
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Lower Alpine range with dwarf pine cultures
Three
types of flora intersect in the Czech Republic: Central European,
Pannonian and Carpathian which subdivide into subregions and districts.
Vegetation, Vsetín region
Figure shows the vertical diversity of trees in Vsetín region that still cover 71% of the area.
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In lower places beeches and remains of rustic hornbeam forests with birches, elms and limes occur. In places this species composition has changed due to the planting of spruce monocultures. In high places there are the remains of original spruce growth as well as mixed forest of firs, beeches, sycamore maple and ashes.
The National Nature Reserves (NNR) at Mionší, Salajka and Razula were established for the protection of the remains of original Carpathian spruce-and-fir forests. Climax spruce forests are preserved in the NNRs Mazák and Kněhyně-Čertův mlýn.
Rare flowers found in Vsetin region and surrounding areas
| Latin name of rare flowers | Place found and additional notes |
| Trientaiis europaea | Prostřední Bečva (oak forest) |
| Cypripedium calceolus | Found only in Hovězí(in Vsetín) |
| Cephalanthera alba | Near Valašské Meziříčí |
| Cephalanthera longifolia | Pozděchov |
| Epipactis heleborine | Perná |
| Epipacits palustris | Kateřnice |
| Coeloglossum viride | Karolinka |
| Orchis morio | Choryně |
| Orchis globosa | Karolinka |
| Orchis morio | Choryně |
| Orchis ustulata | Huslenky |
| Menyanthes trifoliata | Horní Bečva(in wetlands) |
| Hottonia palustris | Found only in Lešná(in Vsetín) |
| Pedicularis silvatica | Horní Bečva(in peat bog) |
| Glalanthus nivalis | Zašová |
| Lilium martagon | Jarcová(rare in CZ but common in Vsetín) |
| Crocus albiporus | Found only in Lačkov(in Vsetín) |
| Gladiolus imbricatus | Poskla(in weatlands) |
| Drosera rotundiíolia | Prostřední Bečva(in weatlands) |
| Libanotis pyreanica ssp. intermedia | Endemic to Kotouč Hill, very rare |
| Gentiana asclepidea | Horní Bečva (in forests on hills) |
| Gentiana cruciata | Jasenice(in sunny, dry places on limestone) |
Mosses in Vsetin region
| Latin name of moss | |
| Sphagnum girgensohnii | Riccardia latifrons |
| Sphagnum nemoreum | Riccardia mutifida |
| Sphagnum palustre | Trichocolea tomentella |
| Leucobomm glaucum | flypnum cupressiiorme |
| Polytrichum commune | Mnium cuspidatum |
| Brachythecium rutabulum | Plagithecium denticulatum |
| Climacium dendroides | Rhytidiadelphus squarosus |
Wetland plants in Vsetin region
| Latin name of wetland plant | |
| Equisetum fluviatile | Carex demissa |
| Deschampsia cespitosa | Parnassia palustris |
| Iris pseudocorus | Calliergonella cuspidata |
| Phragmites australis | Climacium dendroides |
| Typha latifolia | Calliergon cordifulium |
| Esma plantago-aquatica | Aulacomnium palustre |
| Rorippa amphibia | Sphagnum |
| Phalaroides arundinacea | Drosera rotundifolia |
| Calamagrostis canescens | Epipactis palustris |
| Carex buekii | Cactylorhiza majalis |
| Carex gracilis | Gymnadenia densiflora |
| Carex riparia | Gactylorhiza maculata subsp. transsilvanica |
| Carex vesicaria | Gladiolus imbricatus |
| Carex vulpina | Taraxacum palustre agg. |
| Cratoneuron | Scorzonella humilis |
| Carex flara | Pilosella lactucella |
| Carx panicea | Polygala amrella |
| Carex flacca | Spirodella polyrhiza |
| Eriphorum latifolium | Myriophyllum spicatum |
| Wquisetum palustre | Persicaria amphibia |
| Blysmus compressus | Potamogeton pectinatus |
| Eriphorum augustifolium | Batrachium aquatile |
| Carex harrtmania | Rorippa amphibia |
| Carex echinata | Callitriche |
| Carex nigra | Hottonia palustris |
| Carex cinerea | Oenanthe aquatica |
Mushrooms in Vsetin region
| Latin name of mushroom | |
| Calvatia gigantea | Phellinus ingniarius |
| Fomes fomentarius | Polyporus squamosus |
| Trametes confiagosa | Trametes unicolor |