Fróðskaparrit - 01.01.1999, Blaðsíða 149
Saussurea alpina (L.) DC. Subsp. alpina
(Asteraceae) -Alpine Saw-Wort:
A New Record from the Faroe Islands
153
Saussurea alpina (L.) DC. Subsp. alpina (Asteraceae) -
Loðin fjallatistil: Nýggj skráseting úr Føroyum
Anna Maria Fosaar> Jonas E. Lawesson 2> and Martin Sykes3)
bFaroese Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, Debesartrøð, FO-IOO Tórshavn, Faroe Islands,
E-mail: anmarfos@ngs.fo
2) National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Landscape Ecology, Grenávej 12, DK-8410 Rønde,
Denmark. E-mail: jol@dmu.dk
3) Climáte Impacts Group, Department of Ecology, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden,
E-maiI: masy@luecology.ecol.lu.se
Úrtak:
Loðin fjallatistil, Saussurea alpina (L.) DC. Subsp.
alpina, varð funnin í august 1999 á Streymoy í líknandi
umhvørvi sum aðrastaðni í Evropa. Hetta er fyrstu ferð,
henda plantan er funnin í Føroyum. A evropeiska meg-
inlandinum veksur hon helst í fjøllunum, aðrastaðni
veksur hon eisini niðri við strondina, eitt nú í Norður-
skotlandi og Hetlandi.
Bert heilt fáar plantur vórðu funnar, og hildið verður,
at antin er hon nýkomin, ella at hetta er ein seinasta leivd
av eini plantu, ið áður hevur verið vanlig, men sum nú er
um at hvørva av einhvørjum broytingum, t.d. veðurlagi
ella seyðabiti.
At Saussurea alpina nú er funnin í Føroyum er eitt
ískoyti til vitan okkara um, hvussu víða hon veksur.
Hetta er eisini ein áminning um týdningin av at gera
neyvar kanningar av plantuvøkstrinum, tá ið framtíðar
náttúrufriðingar og reglur um nýtslu av náttúruni skulu
gerast.
Abstract
A new record in the Faroe Islands, Saussurea alpina (L.)
DC. Subsp. alpina, the Alpine Saw-Wort or Loðin
fjallatistil in Faroese, was discovered in August 1999 on
the island of Streymoy. It was found in an environment
parallel to those in mainland Europe, where it is found
on two main biotopes which are: the mountain areas in
a large part of Europe and the coastal areas of northem
Scotland and the Shetland Islands.
The small population of this extremely rare plant
species in the Faroe Islands is either a new member of
the Faroese flora, or the last remnant of a formerly more
dispersed and numerous species that is now on the verge
of extinction, perhaps due to climatic changes or grazing
intensity. The discovery of the Saussurea alpina in the
Faroe Islands expands the known area of distribution of
this species. It emphasises as well the necessity of com-
prehensive surveys and planning in the development of
future nature protection and management regimes.
Fróðskaparrit 47. bók 1999: 153-157