Cirsium-spinosissimum_22

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Cirsium spinosissimumSpiniest Thistle, Alpen-Kratzdistel Slo.: trnati osatDat.: Aug. 22. 2013Lat.: 46.44183 Long.: 13.64500Code: Bot_745/2013_DSC7588 Habitat: stony alpine grassland, almost flat terrain, calcareous and moist ground, open place, full sun, exposed to direct rain, average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, elevation 1.965 m (6.450 feet), alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among rocks.Place: Mangart flats region, near the largest snow valley west of Mt. Mangart's west face, East Julian Alps, Posoje, Slovenia EC Comment: Growing solitary and in large groups, many plants. This is another common plant of Julian Alps, which doesn't grow at lower elevations and is bound to subalpine and alpine elevations. Ref.:(1) A.Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije, Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (1999), p 586. (2) H.Haeupler, T. Muer, Bildatlas der Farn- und Bluetenpflazen Deutschlands, Ulmer (2000), p 517.