Description
Amrum is a small barrier island on the north-west coast of Germany. The distribution of vascular plants was examined by surveying their 1km grid square occupancy across the whole island. These data were used in a study on the recent vegetation change in the island.
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Groom Q (2014) The distribution of the vascular plants on the North Frisian Island, Amrum. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1108. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1108
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Keywords
Occurrence; Observation; Amrum; vascular plants; plant survey
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Geographic Coverage
Amrum is a small barrier island off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It covers an area of about 20 km , though considerable areas of saltmarsh vegetation are exposed at low tide. Amrum is approximately 10 km long and 3 km wide at its widest point. Its main habitats run in north-south bands along the island. In the west are open sand flats with a sparse fore-dune vegetation, moving eastward there is a complete dune succession ending in conifer plantations. Beyond the plantations is arable farmland and grazing. Along the eastern shore are mainly saltmarshes and mudflats. Other important habitats include freshwater ponds, marshes and ditches, heathland, urban area and the seawall.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [54.6, 8.28], North East [54.72, 8.41] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The study covers all vascular plants growing in the wild. Obviously cultivated plants were excluded, though trees planted for forestry were included as these form so much of the island's habitats.
| Species | Abies alba Miller, Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindley, Abies Miller, Acer campestre L., Acer platanoides L., Aegopodium podagraria L., Agrostis gigantea Roth, Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb.) Cavara & Grande, Calamagrostis canescens (Weber) Roth, Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth, Erophila verna (L.) Chevall., Festuca arenaria Osbeck, Populus tremula L., Salix x multinervis Doell, Sonchus asper (L.) Hill, Vulpia myuros (L.) C. C. Gmel. |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 2008-07-05 / 2008-07-20 |
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| Start Date / End Date | 2007-08-17 / 2007-08-31 |
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Project Data
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| Title | A vascular plant survey of Amrum |
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| Funding | none |
| Design Description | A survey to catalog all the plants of Amrum |
The personnel involved in the project:
- Principal Investigator
Sampling Methods
The biodiversity of each 1 km varies considerable so there was no set time limit for surveying a particular square. Grid squares were surveyed as intensively as considered necessary to find all but the rarest species. Aerial photographs, maps, previous surveys and local experts were all used to direct surveying to all potentially important habitats.
| Study Extent | The survey covered all vegetated areas of the island were access was permitted. In fact, this covers most of the island, however, some nesting bird colonies and private gardens are completely inaccessible. |
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| Quality Control | Some Salix specimens where identified by R.D. Meikle. |
Method step description:
- Field survey.
Bibliographic Citations
- Christiansen W (1961) Flora der Nordfriesischen Inseln. Cram, de Gruyter & Co., Hamburg, 127 pp. [In German].
- Groom Q (2010) A comparison of species lists of vascular plants points to recent habitat change on the North Frisian Island, Amrum. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein 72: 29‑35. [In English]. http://www.schriften.uni-kiel.de/Band%2072/Groom_72_29-35.pdf
- Petersen J (2000) Die dünentalvegetation der wattenmeer- inseln in der südlichen Nordsee. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum, 205 pp. [In German]. 3-88042-935-9
- Schiøtz LT (1860) Beretning om en botanisk Reise, foretaget i Sommeren 1858 i Landskabebet mellem Sleswig, Rendsborg og Ekernførde samt paa Vesterhavsøerne Amrom, Før og Sild. Videnskab. Meddel. -: 117‑168.
- Seemen Ov (1899) Einige Mitteilungen über die in dem Herbar K. F. W. Jessen enthaltenen Pflanzen von der Nordfriesischen Insel Amrum. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 27 (62): 6‑7. [In German]. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/210409
- Türk W (1994) Flora und Vegetation der Insel Amrum – Bestand, Wandel, Gefährdung. Schriften des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Schleswig-Holstein 64: 17‑89. [In German]. http://www.schriften.uni-kiel.de/Band%2064/Tuerk_64_17-89.pdf
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| Alternative Identifiers | e6fb3d46-977a-4deb-99be-e8493024feb2 |
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