Naslov
Using Ellenberg-Pignatti values to estimate habitat preferences of wild food and medicinal plants: an example from northeastern Istria (Croatia).

Autori
Vitasović Kosić, Ivana ; Juračak, Josip ; Łuczaj, Łukasz

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Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of abstracts 7BBC / Anačkov, G ; Zorić, L. - Beograd : University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, Novi Sad, 2018, -----

Skup
7th Balkan Botanical Congress

Mjesto i datum
Novi Sad, Srbija, 14.09.2018. - 18.09.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
ethnoecology, quantitative ethnobotany, Ellenberg indicator values, wild edible plants, medicinal plants, Croatia

Sažetak
Th e paper presents the fi rst ethnobotanical application of Ellenberg indicator values, which are widely used in European plant ecology. The aim of the study was to fi nd out if Ellenberg values (indicating habitat preferences) differ for wild food and medicinal plants used in north- eastern Istria (Croatia). We used Ellenberg-Pignatti values (the version of Ellenberg values used in this part of Europe). Fift y semi-structured interviews were carried out among local key informants, asking which wild food and medicinal plants they used. The mean number of food and medicinal plants mentioned per interview was 30. Altogether, 121 species were recorded as food or medicine used or previously used in the study area. Thirty-one species are used exclusively as food or everyday drink, 50 species are used exclusively as medicine and 40 species are used for both food and medicine. The most commonly used exclusively food species are: Cornus mas, Cichorium intybus, Chenopodium album, Prunus domestica, Pyrus amygdaliformis, Rubus idaeus, Clematis vitalba, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Fragaria vesca and Allium ampeloprasum. The most commonly exclusively medicinal species are: Achillea millefolium, Tilia platyphyllos, Hypericum perforatum, Sempervivum tectorum, Artemisia absinthium, Plantago lanceolata, Gentiana lutea ssp. symphyandra, Althaea officinalis, Matricaria chamomilla, and Pinus nigra. The most commonly used food-medicine spectrum species are: Rubus caesius, Sambucus nigra, Urtica dioica, Dioscoraea communis, Taraxacum spp., Asparagus acutifolius, Rosa canina, Foeniculum vulgare, Prunus spinosa and Sorbus domestica. There were no signifi cant differences between Ellenberg values for food and medicinal plants, apart from the Nitrogen indicator value – the plants used exclusively as food had a signifi cantly higher index than those used in medicine. This probably stems from the fact that plants with soft fl eshy shoots are attractive as food and they are more likely to come from nitrogen-rich ruderal habitats. Food plants and medicinal plants are collected from a variety of habitats and no clear diff erence between the two categories of plants was detected, however further testing of Ellenberg values in ethnobotanical studies could be interesting.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija, Poljoprivreda (agronomija), Interdisciplinarne biotehničke znanosti, Etnologija i antropologija

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