Z. MiREK - Biological diversity - a manifestation of evolution and the paradigm of
wildlife protection today 9
E. BRZOSKO - Importance of integrative ecological-genetic studies in conservation of
rare and endangered species 11
Z. KACKI, Z. DAJDOK & E. SZCZE.SNIAK - Proposed standardized criteria for regional
evaluation of the level of threat to plant species, based on studies in Lower Silesia,
Poland 19
J. KORZENIAK - National monitoring of threats and the effectiveness of vascular plant
protection in Poland 31
A. KUJAWA - Amateur mycology in Poland today and tomorrow 41
W. STACHNOWICZ & B. NAGENGAST - Using species richness, habitat beta-diversity
and regionally threatened plants to delimit zonal forms of nature protection 45
T. ZALUSKI - A voice in the discussion on threatened species 61
W. ADAMOWSKI & A. KECZYNSKI - Monitoring of the Herminium monorchis (Orchidaceae)
population in the Rospuda River valley (NE Poland) 77
B. ANDRES - Selected issues of ex situ protection of endangered Polish vascular flora
species in botanical gardens 85
A. BARC - Natural and anthropogenic threats to the Cephalanthera longifolia (Orchidaceae)
locality near Porajjka village (Beskid Maly Mts, W Carpathians) 89
J. BLOCH-ORLOWSKA - Distribution, threat and legal protection status of selected boreal
Carex species (Cyperaceae) in the Pomorze Gdanskie region (N Poland) 95
A. BOMANOWSKA - Endangered and threatened segetal plants of Kampinoski National
Park (central Poland) 103
K. BORATYNSKA, A. K. JASINSKA, K. SOB1ERAJSKA & A. BORATYNSK.1 - A trace
of ancient migration of Pinus uncinata (Pinaceae) in the Karkonosze Mts (SW
Poland)? 115
E. BROZ & A. PRZEMYSKI - The red list of vascular plants in the Wyzyna Matopolska
upland (S Poland) 123
G. BZDON - Post-exploitation excavations as supplementary habitats for protected and
rare vascular plant species 137
M. T. ClOSEK, A. HYS & P. SZEWCZYK - A new locality of Galanthus nivalis (Amaryllidaceae)
in the Nizina Pohidniowopodlaska lowland (E Poland) 143
M. T. ClOSEK, K. PlOREK & R. SlKORSKl - Are the localities of Scilla bifolia (Hyacinthaceae)
near Mielnik village (Podlasie Province, NE Poland) synanthropic or
natural? 149
Contents Con®,
A. CWENER - Threatened xerothermic vascular plants in the Dzialy Grabowieckie
mesoregion (Wyzyna Lubelska upland, SE Poland) 155
A. CZARNA - Threatened vascular plant species in central Wielkopolska (W Poland)... 163
J. CZARNECKA - The seed bank and seed persistence of some weeds and grassland
species from marginal habitats in arable landscape 179
A. CZYLOK & A. SZYMCZYK. - Sand quarries as biotopes of rare and critically endangered
plant species 187
A. DELIMAT - Monitoring of Astragalus penduliflonis (Fabaceae) in the Tatra National
Park (Polish Western Carpathians) in 1997-2005 193
B. FOJCIK - Rare, protected and threatened moss species of Ojcow National Park
(S Poland) 197
L. FREY - The need to protect grasses 203
B. GRZYBOWSKA & S. LOSTER - The role of the soil seed bank in maintaining calcareous
grasslands in the Wyzyna Miechowska upland (S Poland) 209
A. HENEL - Hacquetia epipactis (Apiaceae) in Silesia Province - resources, threats and
some problems of protection 219
J. JAKUBOWSKA-GABARA & L. KuCHARSKI - Threatened vascular plant species in the
Bolimowski Landscape Park (central Poland) - threats and protection problems . . . 225
M. JANKOWSKA-BLASZCZUK & A. PRZEMYSKI - Management history and population
structure diversity of Lathyrus pannonicus (Fabaceae) in a xerothermic grassland
reserve (Polana Polichno, Kozubowski Landscape Park, S Poland) 233
J. KlSZKA - Thelocarpon imperceptum - a new lichen species for Central Europe. . . 245
A. KOCZUR - Glacial relicts in the vascular flora of the peat bogs in the Kotlina Orawsko-
Nowotarska basin 247
A. KOMPALA-BA.BA & W. BABA - Threatened and protected species in the Kuznica
Wareiynska sandpit (Wyzyna Sla^ska upland, S Poland) 259
R. KOSCIELNIAK - The Bieszczady Mountains as a refuge for protected and threatened
lichens in Poland 269
R. KRAUSE - A new locality of Malaxis monophyllos (Orchidaceae) in the Pilsko massif
in the Beskid Zywiecki Mts (Polish Western Carpathians) 277
G. LASKA - Status of selected species from the red data book of plants for the Podlasie
region (NE Poland) 281
B. LUSZCZYNSKA & J. LUSZCZYNSKI - The Fomitopsis officinalis (Basidiomycota)
population in the Gory Swietokrzyskie Mountains 289
J. LUSZCZYNSKI - Bankera fuligineoalba (Basidiomycota),a threatened element of
mycobiota - distribution in Poland 293
J. MARCINIUK, Z. GLOWACKI & P. MARCINIUK - Apomictic species protection: the
genus Taraxacum (Asteraceae) in Poland 299
Contents
P. MARCINIUK, J. MARCINIUK & M. WIERZBA - Trifolium rubens (Fabaceae) - a critically
threatened species in the Nizina Poludniowopodlaska lowland (E Poland) . . 307
R. MARKOWSKI & T. S. OLSZEWSKI - Endangered and threatened halophytes of the
Pomorze Gdariskie region (N Poland) 313
R. MURANYI - Methodology used for the seed bank of endangered Polish species... 321
J. NlTA & A. BUJAKIEWICZ - Riparian and alder forests - shelters for rare and threatened
macromycetes 325
A. NOWAK - Synanthropization of sozophytes in Silesia by allochthonization analysis
of the plant communities 335
S. NOWAK & A. NOWAK - Segetal communities with threatened species (sozophytes)
in the Opole Silesia (SW Poland) 345
T. NOWAK & R. BULA - Monitoring of Dictamnus albus (Rutaceae) in Da^browa Gornicza
(Wyzyna Sla^ska upland) 383
Z. OSADOWSKI & A. ZUKOWSKA - Rare and endangered species in spring complexes
of the Skotawa River valley (central Pomerania, N Poland) 389
J. B. PARUSEL - Relict stand of Streptopus amplexifolius (Calochortaceae) in Katowice
(Upper Silesia) - present state and threat 399
W. PAUL, E. CIESLAK & M. RONIKIER - Viola uliginosa (Violaceae): the need for genetic
diversity assessment of an endangered, limited-range species 405
E. PlROZNlKOW - Island populations of Matteucia struthiopteris (Woodsiaceae) in
northeastern Poland 409
M. PODGORSKA - Protected and threatened vascular plant species in humid Molinia
meadows Selino-Molinietum of the Garb Gielniowski hummock (Wyzyna Malopolska
upland, S Poland) 415
A. PRZEMYSKI & M. JANKOWSKA-BLASZCZUK - Local populations of Orchis purpurea
(Orchidaceae) in the Wyzyna Malopolska upland (S Poland) 423
E. RATUSZNIAK & A. ZDUNCZYK - Occurrence of polypore fungi on trees designated
as monuments of nature in central Pomerania (N Poland) 437
A. RYSIAK - Extinct species in the vascular plant flora of Lublin city (E Poland) . . . 443
A. SADOWSKA - The role of disturbed peatlands in the eastern part of the Pobrzeze Kaszubskie
coastal region (N Poland) in preservation of regional fioristic diversity 457
J. SAWICKJ, M. SZCZECTNSKA, T. KORNIAK & C. HOLDYNSKI - Genetic variation revealed
by ISSR but not RAPD molecular markers in Masurian population of Phyteuma
spicatum subsp. coeruleum (Campanulaceae) 467
A. K. SAWILSKA & E. JENDRZEJCZAK - Adaptation of Helichrysum arenarium (Asteraceae)
microseedlings to mineral and organic soils 473
E. SlTEK & B. NOWAK - Status of the Hacquetia epipactis (Apiaceae) population in the
Cieszynianka Fioristic Reserve in Mogilany village near Krakow (Pogorze Wielickie
foothills, S Poland) 479
Contents
A. SotTYS-LELEK & B. BARABASZ-KRASNY - Protected vascular plant species of Ojcow
National Park (S Poland) 487
K. SPALEK - Endangered vascular plant species of fishponds and oxbow lakes of the
Opole Silesia (SW Poland): status, threats and protection 503
M. SZCZECINSKA, J. SAWICKI & C. Hot-DYNSKI - Intrapopulation genetic variation
of Chamaedaphne calyculata (Ericaceae) in the Masurian Landscape Park (NE
Poland) 511
K. TOWPASZ - Threatened and extinct vascular plant species on the Plaskowyz Proszowicki
plateau (Wyzyna Malopolska upland, S Poland) 517
B. WE.GRZYNEK - Rare and endangered species on stubble fields in the Wyzyna Sla_ska
upland 523
W WOJTOWICZ - Guidelines for exhibiting rare and endangered species in the Botanical
Garden'.of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznari 529
B. WOZIWODA - Dryopteris affinis (Dryopteridaceae) in Polish lowlands 535
I. WROBEL -Active and passive protection of plants and fungi in the Pieniny National
Park 539
M. WRZESIEN - Threatened vascular plant species in railway areas of the Lublin region
(E Poland) 545
M. WYRZYKIEWICZ-RASZEWSKA - Age stage structure and developmental trends of an
Epipactis palustris (Orchidaceae) population - critical analysis 555
R. ZIELINSKI, J. OSME^DA, L. URBANIAK & K. POLOK - Molecular characteristics of
an ancient Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae) ecotype from the Gajzwa Peat Bog Reserve
(NE Poland) 561
Index of contributors 569
Quick index 571