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Découverte de Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam. en Dombes (01) : évaluation de l’indigénat de cette population au regard de la répartition de cette espèce et de son écologie en France

Alexandre BALLAYDIER

fr Naturae 2022 (6) - Pages 113-119

Published on 30 March 2022

Discovery of Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam. in Dombes (01): evaluation of the indigeneity of this population with regard to the distribution of this species and its ecology in France.

In 2014, Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam. was discovered in the natural region of Dombes (Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France). It was observed in an artificially fish pond, traditionally and extensively exploited (annual drying without cultivation or amendment). In the administrative region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, it was the first observation of this Mediterranean and Atlantic species. The French distribution of this rare and locally protected/threatened species is presented. A phytosociological comparison of the vegetation sheltering the dombist population with the vegetation present in France known to shelter this species is carried out. The results show that the dombist population of C. schoenoides has become integrated into a continental vegetation (Eleocharito ovatae-Caricetum bohemicae Klika 1935, Eleocharition soloniensis G. Phil. 1968). However, the other French vegetations known to harbour C. schoenoides are attached to the Heleochloion schoenoidis Braun-Blanq. ex Rivas Goday 1956, a Mediterranean and Atlantic alliance. Theses elements, the biology of Crypsis genera as well as discussions with the fish farm staff and the Conservatoire botanique national alpin, tend to favour the hypothesis of a human introduction of Crypsis schoenoides in this Dombist pond.


Keywords:
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Flora, vegetation, pond, dewatered vaes.
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