Plant Conservation in Czech Republic

National Red Data Books

Vascular plants

Cervena kniha [Red Data Book], Vol. 5. J. Cerovsky, V. Ferakova, J. Holub & F. Prochazka. 1999. 456 pp. Priroda a. s., Bratislava. (Covers 400 taxa of vascular plants of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.)

Red List of vascular plants of the Czech Republic. J. Holub & F. Prochazka. 2000. Preslia 72: 187-230. Czech Botanical Society. (An official red list of vascular plants for the Czech Republic, listing 1547 species and subspecies of ‘black’ (missing and extinct) and ‘red’ (threatened) taxa; in English.)

Cerny a Cerveny seznam cevnatych rostlin Ceske republiky (stav v roce 2000) [Black and Red List of Vascular Plants of the Czech Republic]. F. Prochazka (ed.). 2001. 166 pp. Priroda 18. Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection. (The extended version of the previous item for the purpose of practical nature conservation with only small changes in taxonomy, listing 1543 species and subspecies; in Czech with short English summary.

Lower plants

Cervena kniha [Red Data Book], Vol. 4. F. Kotlaba et al. 1995. 220 pp. Priroda a. s., Bratislava. (Covers 242 species of non-vascular plants, namely 34 blue-algae and algae, 119 fungi (macromycetes), 50 lichens and 40 bryophytes; in Slovak.)

Check- and Red List of bryophytes of the Czech Republic (2003). J. Kucera & J. Vana. 2003. Preslia 75: 193-222. Czech Botanical Society, Praha. (Out of 873 taxa evaluated, 424 species and subspecies were assigned as missing (or extinct) or threatened according to the IUCN 3.1 criteria.)

Chranene houby CR [Protected Fungi of the Czech Republic]. V. Antonin & Z. Biebrova. 1995. 88 pp. Ministerstvo zivotniho prostredi CR. (Covers 46 species included in Regulation No. 395/1992 of the Ministry of the Environment implementing provisions of Act No. 114/1992 of the National Council, on nature and landscape protection; in Czech.)

Regional Red Data Books

North Bohemia: Cervena kniha vyssich rostlin Severoceskeho kraje [Red Book of Vascular Plants of North Bohemian Region]. K. Kubat. 1986. 141 pp. Okresni vlastivedne muzeum Litomerice, Praha. (Includes 40 critically endangered species and subspecies of North Bohemia; in Czech with short German summary.)

East Bohemia: Prehled vyhynulych. nezvestnych a ohrozenych taxonu cevnatych rostlin na uzemi vychodnich Cech [List of extinct, missing and threatened flora of East Bohemia]. V. Faltys. 1995. 24 pp. Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection, Centre Pardubice. Depon in Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic, Headquarters Prague and Centre Pardubice. (In Czech).

South Bohemia: Komentovaný cerveny seznam jizni casti Cech [Annotated Red List of the South Bohemian Flora]. V. Chan (ed.). 1999. 284 pp. Priroda 16. Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection. (Lists 707 species and subspecies of ‘black’ (missing and extinct) and ‘red’ (threatened) taxa; in Czech with short English summary.)

Sumava Mts (SW Bohemia): Komentovany cerny a cerveny seznam cevnatych rostlin ceske Sumavy [Annotated Black and Red List of vascular plants of the Czech Bohemian Forest (Sumava Mts)]. F. Prochazka & M. Stech (eds.). 2002. 140 pp. Sprava NP a CHKO Sumava & Eco-Agency KOPR, Vimperk. (Includes 323 species and subspecies ‘black’ (missing and extinct) and ‘red’ (threatened) taxa – c.29% of the flora of the Sumava Mts; in Czech with short English & German summaries.)

Floras

Vascular plants

Kvetena Ceske republiky [Flora of the Czech Republic]. B. Slavik (ed.). Since 1988, 6 vols so far, up to Lobeliaceae. Academia, Praha. (In Czech with short English introduction.)

Nova kvetena CSSR [New Flora of the CSSR]. J. Dostal (ed.). 1989, 2 vols Academia, Praha. (In Czech.)

Klic ke kvetene Ceske republiky [Key to the Flora of the Czech Republic]. K. Kubat, L. Hrouda, J. Chrtek jun., Z. Kaplan, J. Kirschner & J. Stepanek (eds.) 2002. 928 pp. Academia, Praha.

Preslia, the journal of the Czech Botanical Society, publishes original research on plant systematics, morphology, ecology, vegetation analysis, phytosociology and floristics, mainly in Europe.

Bryophytes

Klic k urcovani mechorostu CSR [Key for the Identification of Bryophytes]. Z. Pilous & J. Duda. 1960. Academia, Praha. (In Czech.)

Prehled druhu mechu s mapami rozsireni v CR a SR [Index of moss distribution maps in the Czech and Slovak Republic]. Z. Soldan. 1994. Bryonora No. 13/1994: 6-12 pp. Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - Institute of Botany & Czech Botanical Society. (Includes a bibliography of published papers on mosses.)

Lichens

Katalog lisejniku Ceske republiky [A Catalogue of Lichens of the Czech Republic]. A. Hvezda & J. Liska. 1999. 283 pp. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Pruhonice. (Lists all published reports on lichen species in the Czech Republic.)

Klic k urcovani lisejniku CSR [Key for the Identification of Lichen species]. Z. Cernohorsky, J. Nadvornik & M. Servit. 1956. 154 pp. Academia, Praha.

Soupis map rozsireni lisejniku v pracech ceskych a slovenskych autoru [List of Distribution Maps of Lichens in Papers by Czech and Slovak Authors]. J. Liska. 1995. Bryonora No. 16/1995: 7-21 p. Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic - Institute of Botany & Czech Botanical Society. (Includes a bibliography of published papers about lichens.)

Bryonora, a bulletin of the Bryological and Lichenological Section of the Czech Botanical Society, publishes original contributions in bryology and lichenology.

Algae

There is no general publication about algae of the Czech Republic. In 2004 Prodromus ceskych ras [Prodromus of Czech Algae] should be issued in the 4th volume of the journal Czech Phycology.

Czech Phycology, a journal of the Czech Algological Society, publishes original contributions in phycology.

Fungi

Houby [Fungi]. L. Hagara, V. Antonin & J. Baier. 2000. 416 pp. Aventinum, Praha. (Covers 1100 species of macromycetes.)

Houby Ceskoslovenska ve svem zivotnim prostredi [Fungi of Czechoslovakia in their Environment]. A. Pilat. 1969. 268 pp. Academia, Praha. (Species organized by biotope; in Czech.)

Zemepisne rozsireni a ekologie chorosu (Polyporales s.l.) v Ceskoslovensku [Geographical distribution and ecology of polypores (Polyporales) in Czechoslovakia]. F. Kotlaba. 1984. 194 pp. Academia, Praha. (In Czech with English summary.)

Hribovite houby [Boletaceae]. A. Pilat & A. Dermek. 1974. Veda, Bratislava.

Mykologicke listy is an information bulletin of the Czech Scientific Society for Mycology. Czech Mycology is an international scientific journal publishing papers on all aspects of mycology including taxonomy, ecology, physiology and mycofloristics as well as mycological topics in forestry, agriculture and medicine. Mykologicky sbornik [Mycological magazine] is a scientific journal of the Czech Mycological Society.

Vegetation

In the present climate, more than 90% of the Czech Republic would be forested in its natural biocenoses. Nowadays only 33% of the area is covered by semi-natural and prodution forest, about 50% are intensively managed agricultural land, 5% are semi-natural meadows and extensive pastures and 12% are other areas. Protected areas cover 15.86% of the land area. The country is one of the most important cross-roads on the migration routes for several floristic elements, which has caused a high species diversity. There are three phytogeograhical regions: Thermophyticum (an extrazonal thermophilous vegetation and flora; region is positioned in the lowland and hill country belt), Mesophyticum (a zonal vegetation and flora of the temperate zone with characteristic deciduous forest, region covers the major part of the country) and Oreophyticum (a region of mountain flora and vegetation with conifers dominating in the natural forests).

Plant Conservation Programmes

The Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic leads and coordinates rescue and monitoring programmes for threatened species. At present 22 species, 3 genera and 2 groups of threatened vascular plants are selected for rescue and monitoring programmes, using guidelines prepared by A. Klaudisova (Ed., 2002)

The Moravian Seed Bank of Threatened Plants in the Regional Museum of Arts and Natural Sciences in Olomouc was established in 1994.

The Czech Union for Nature Conservation, Prague, is the leading NGO concerned mainly with management of species and their habitats.

The Nature Conservation Authority provides protection, monitoring and management of threatened species.

The Research Institute of Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, cooperates with nature conservation bodies, in the framework of research programmes. Endangered species are studied, cultivated and propagated.

The Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection is coordinating a project to identify Important Plant Areas (IPAs) in the Czech Republic as part of the European IPAs Programme led by Plantlife International with the Planta Europa network.

Key Institutions

Agentura ochrany prirody a krajiny CR (Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic), Kalisnicka 4, Praha, CZ-130 23 (The government conservation agency)

Správa ochrany pr¹írody (The Nature Conservation Authority, formerly the Administrations of the Protected Landscape Areas and National Parks), Nuselská 39, 14000 Praha 4.

Botanicky ustav, Akademie ved Ceske republiky (Institute of Botany, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic) Pruhonice, CZ-252 43

Ceska botanicka spolecnost (The Czech Botanical Society), Benatska 2, Praha 2, CZ-128 01

Bryologicko-lichenologicka sekce Ceske botanicke spolecnosti (Bryological and Lichenological Section of the Czech Botanical Society), Benatska 2, Praha 2, CZ-128 01

Ceska algologicka spolecnost (Czech Phycological Society), Sylvie Novakova (economist), Katedra botaniky PrF UK, Benatska 2, Praha 2, CZ-128 01

Ceska mykologicka spolecnost (Czech Mycological Society). Karmelitska 14, Praha 1, CZ-118 00

Ceska vedecka spolecnost pro mykologii (Czech Scientific Society for Mycology), P.O. Box 106, Praha 1, CZ-111 21

Prirodovedecka fakulta Karlovy university v Praze (Faculty of Science of the Charles University in Prague), Albertov 6, Praha 2, CZ-128 43

Prirodovedecka fakulta Masarykovy university v Brne (Faculty of Science of the Masaryk University Brno), Kotlarska 2, Brno, CZ-611 37

Prirodovedecka fakulta Palackeho University v Olomouci (Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc), Slechtitelu 11, Olomouc - Holice, CZ-783 71

Biologicka fakulta Jihoceske university v Ceskych Budejovicich (Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia) Branisovska 31, Ceske Budejovice, CZ-370 05

Acknowledgement

Originally based on material prepared by Hugh Synge for the Council of Europe, 1999-2000. Extensively revised and enlarged by Dr Alexandra Klaudisova and Ing. Martina Fialova, Czech Republic, in December 2003.