Weeds

Area of distribution and weediness of Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.

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Authors:

Specialist-biologist - O.E. Kravchenko
GIS-specialist - I.A. Budrevskaya

Date of creation:

15.06.2004.

Scale:

1:20,000,000.

Accuracy of map:

Map was created using published data.

Projection:

"Alber's Equal Area Conic for the USSR", 9, 1001, 7, 100, 0, 44, 68, 0, 0.

Main content:

Vector map. Main distribution area is shown by polygons, while sporadic distribution is shown by points. Zone of weediness is shown by polygons.

Accuracy of classifier:

The distribution of the species is divided into zones of main distribution, sporadic distribution, and weediness.

Mapping procedure:

Zones of distribution and weediness were allocated following an analysis of published cartographical materials and literature. Three species are included under the name Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. s. str., according to Cherepanov (1995) and others (Keller et al., 1935; Maltsev, 1937; Nikitin, 1983; etc.). These three species include Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. (Cirsium arvense var. horridum Koch.), Cirsium incanum (S.G.Gmel.) Fisch. (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. subsp. incanum (S.G.Gmel.) Petrak ex Iljin), and Cirsium setosum (Willd.) Bess. (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. var. setosum (Willd.) Iljin.). They were described earlier by some authors (Grossgeim, 1949; Maevskii, 1954; etc.) as subspecies. The species map was constructed based on references from the list below, materials of the herbarium of weed plants in VIR, and the database, .Information search system on flora and fauna in reservations of Russia.. In Russia, the weed is distributed throughout the European part (Baltic, Ladoga-Ilmen around Saint Petersburg, Upper-Dnepr, and Carpathian areas) and the Caucasus (Keller et al., 1935; Nikitin, 1983). It is found sporadically in Central Asia and in southwestern Siberia. In the Far East, it is an adventive plant (Tolmachev, 1974; Kharkevich, 1992). It is distributed throughout mixed and broad-leaved forests and steppes. Xero- and mesophyte; meadow-steppe species. It is a malicious, ruderal and segetal weed of non-irrigated agriculture that is hard to eradicate. It is one of the main weeds of fields and meadows in Western European Russia, in the Carpathian Mountains, Transcarpathia, and Transcaucasia (Nikitin, 1983). Thus, the plant exhibits increased weediness on arable lands in the area of main distribution.

Related references.

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