Over the course of three days, 25 vol\u00adun\u00adteers in the Puschlav region col\u00adlect\u00aded as many plant spec\u00adi\u00admens as pos\u00adsi\u00adble dur\u00ading field trips, \u201cMis\u00adsion Dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u201d activ\u00adi\u00adties, and rapid inven\u00adto\u00adries. The results are impres\u00adsive: In the 5x5-km square around Piz Can\u00adcian, the cov\u00ader\u00adage rate rose from 0 to 88 per\u00adcent, with 326 plant species now doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded there. The Flo\u00adra Raet\u00adi\u00adca project also made sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant progress in the Piz dal Teo square: the cov\u00ader\u00adage rate increased from 17 to 69 per\u00adcent, and the num\u00adber of report\u00aded species grew from 44 to 259. <\/p>\n\n
Rare Species and Valu\u00adable Records<\/strong><\/p>\n\n In addi\u00adtion to the large amount of new data, there were also some remark\u00adable plant dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00adies. Among the botan\u00adi\u00adcal high\u00adlights were the round-head\u00aded blue grass (Ses\u00adle\u00adria sphae\u00adro\u00adcepha\u00adla), which <\/em>in Switzer\u00adland is found exclu\u00adsive\u00adly on the Sas\u00adsalb (see pho\u00adto), as well as the sax\u00adifrage-like catch\u00adfly (Silene sax\u00adifra\u00adga)<\/em> \u2014despite its name, not a sax\u00adifrage but a mem\u00adber of the car\u00adna\u00adtion fam\u00adi\u00adly, which grows in Graub\u00fcn\u00adden only at a few sites in Val\u00adposchi\u00ada\u00advo and Val M\u00fcs\u00adtair. Oth\u00ader notable finds includ\u00aded the dwarf valer\u00adian (Vale\u00adri\u00adana supina)<\/em>, the Rhaet\u00adian Rapun\u00adzel (Phy\u00adteu\u00adma hedra\u00adianthi\u00adfoli\u00adum)<\/em>, the rock may\u00adweed (Min\u00aduar\u00adtia rupestris)<\/em>, Wulfen\u2019s house\u00adleek (Sem\u00adper\u00advivum wulfenii)<\/em>, and the two-col\u00adored sedge (Carex bicol\u00ador)<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n Quick Inven\u00adto\u00adries and Mis\u00adsions with Spe\u00adcial Appeal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n Quick sur\u00adveys have a spe\u00adcial appeal: Often, just a few hours in the field are enough to fill in gaps in our knowl\u00adedge. At the same time, even sur\u00adveys con\u00adduct\u00aded in close prox\u00adim\u00adi\u00adty to one anoth\u00ader con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly sur\u00adprise us with their very dif\u00adfer\u00adent species com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtions. <\/p>\n\n But the \u201cDis\u00adcov\u00adery Mis\u00adsions\u201d also offer excit\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adences. On Sun\u00adday, for exam\u00adple, it became strik\u00ading\u00adly clear just how dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly such mis\u00adsions can unfold: The search for the sea sedge (Carex mar\u00aditi\u00adma<\/em>) was suc\u00adcess\u00adful after just a few moments. No soon\u00ader had the group arrived at the expect\u00aded loca\u00adtion than they dis\u00adcov\u00adered over 250 indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals of the species they were look\u00ading for. It was a com\u00adplete\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent sto\u00adry with the Arc\u00adtic rush (Jun\u00adcus arcti\u00adcus<\/em>): Despite an inten\u00adsive search, the species remained untrace\u00adable with\u00adin the mis\u00adsion perimeter\u2014until some\u00adone spot\u00adted it, of all places, direct\u00adly across from the park\u00ading lot, just out\u00adside the perime\u00adter. <\/p>\n\n Explor\u00ading Plant Diver\u00adsi\u00adty Togeth\u00ader<\/strong><\/p>\n\n It is pre\u00adcise\u00adly these kinds of expe\u00adri\u00adences that define the map\u00adping weekends\u2014roaming through remote areas togeth\u00ader, let\u00adting nature sur\u00adprise us, and fill\u00ading in the gaps in our knowl\u00adedge.<\/p>\n\n A big thank you to all the vol\u00adun\u00adteers for their hard work, as well as to every\u00adone who orga\u00adnized and sup\u00adport\u00aded the map\u00adping week\u00adend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 25 vol\u00adun\u00adteers are fill\u00ading in gaps in our knowl\u00adedge and mak\u00ading sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant progress in plant map\u00adping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":3187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[85,48,99,98,97,96],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contribution","tag-botany","tag-citizen-science","tag-field-trip","tag-mapping-weekend","tag-puschlav","tag-valposchiavo"],"yoast_head":"\n