EJPAU 2008. Halarewicz A. MORFOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL MODIFICATION OF BRACKEN FERN (<I>PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM </I>(L.) KUHN.) ON SERPENTINITE MABLE

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2008
Volume 11
Issue 4

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Halarewicz A. 2008. MORFOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL MODIFICATION OF BRACKEN FERN (PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM (L.) KUHN.) ON SERPENTINITE MABLE, EJPAU 11(4), #24.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume11/issue4/abs-24.html

MORFOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL MODIFICATION OF BRACKEN FERN (PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM (L.) KUHN.) ON SERPENTINITE MABLE

Aleksandra Halarewicz
Department of Botany and Plant Ecology, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland

ABSTRACT

In the 1 year study, selected morpho-anatomical traits
of two populations of bracken fern were observed at two sites within Ślęża Massif
(Lower Silesia, Poland). The study demonstrates modifications of at least some
of the observed traits in fronds growing on serpentinite mable as compared to
another bracken fern population, growing of non-serpentinite soil. The modified
traits are the number of primary and secondary divisions of a frond, the leaf
blade surface and the length of stomata. These modifications may result from
different edaphic conditions of the two studied bracken fern populations.

Key words: Pteridium aquilinum, leaf anatomy, morfological variation, serpentinite.

Aleksandra Halarewicz
Department of Botany and Plant Ecology,
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Pl. Grunwaldzki 24a, 50-363 Wrocław, Poland
email: aleksandra.halarewicz@up.wroc.pl

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