Plant Conservation in Slovenia

Number of Nationally Threatened Species

Plant Group	Ex	?Ex	E	V	R	K	Total
Vascular plants	29		38	77	189	196	529 *
Mosses	1	9	46	83	74	0	213 (36% of species in Slovenia) **
Lichens	2	0	4	50	16	0	72 (Out of 600 lichen species in Slovenia)
Totals	32	9	88	210	279	196	814

Ex = Extinct, ?Ex = Possibly Extinct, E=Endangered, V=Vulnerable, R=Rare, K=Insufficiently Known
* Source: The Red Data List of threatened vascular plants in Slovenia
** Source: The Red List of endangered m osses (Musci) in Slovenia. Author's comment: "The total number of endangered species is not as high as in some other European countries, which is due to a highly restrictive approach to evaluation of endangerment rather than a lesser degree of endangerment."

National Red Data Books

Rdeci seznam ogrozenih praprotnic in semenk Slovenije [Red List of threatened vascular plants in Slovenia]. P. Skoberne, 1996.

Rdeci seznam ogrozenih listnatih mahov (Musci) v Sloveniji [The Red List of threatened mosses in Slovenia]. A. Martincic, 1992. Varstvo Narave 18: 1–190. Ljubljana. Covers 213 (out of 598) mosses.

Plant Conservation Programmes

Government work on plant conservation will be prepared in the framework of the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.

The Botanical Garden is carrying out ex situ conservation programmes for selected plants and seed collections.

The Botanical Society of Slovenia and the Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora are coordinating a project to identify Important Plant Areas (IPAs) in Slovenia as part of the European IPAs Programme led by Plantlife International with the Planta Europa network.

Key Institutions

Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor, Uprava RS za varstvo narave, Vojkova 1b, SI-1000 Ljubljana (government agency for nature conservation).

Botanicni vrt Univerze v Ljubljani, (Botanical Garden of the University of Ljubljana), Izanska 15, SI-1000 Ljubljana.

Alpski botanicni vrt Juliana (Juliana - Alpine Botanical Garden)

Botanicni vrt Univerze v Mariboru (Botanical Garden of the University of Maribor)

Botanicno drustvo Slovenije (Botanical Society of Slovenia). Izanska 15, SI-1000 Ljubljana. NGO particulary involved in botanical issues.

Prirodoslovno drustvo Slovenije, Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana. Leading NGO in natural history.

Bioloski Institut Jovana Hadzija ZRC SAZU (Biological institute Jovan Hadzi, Slovenian Academy of Science and Art), Novi trg 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana.

Mikoloska zveza Slovenia (Slovenian Mycological Union), Trstenjakova 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana.

Center za kartografijo favne in flore (Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora)

Herbaria

Oddelek za biologijo BF Univerze v Ljubljani (University department), Vecna pot 111, SI-1000 Ljubljana (code of the herbarium: LJU, about 130,000 records)

Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije (Natural History Museum), Presernova 20, SI-1000 Ljubljana (code of the herbarium: LJM, about 50,000 records)

Other resources

Useful web page on conservation in Slovenia, compiled by Peter Skoberne

Flora of Triglav National Park, Julian Alps.

Acknowledgement

Based on material prepared by Hugh Synge for the Council of Europe, 1999-2000, with information and help from Peter Skoberne, Slovenia.