Aquatic plants in the rivers of the Lika basin

Po prvi put na području rijeka Ličkog sliva (rijeke Novčica, Bogdanica, Jadova i Lika) provedena su floristička istraživanja vodenih biljaka. Na istraživanom području inventarizirano je 15 vrsta samoniklih vaskularnih biljaka. Ustanovljene su dvije strogo zaštićene vrste: Hippuris vulgaris i Utricularia vulgaris. Vrsta Hippuris vulgaris također je i ugrožena vrsta, u kategoriji ugroženih vrsta (EN). U rijekama Ličkog sliva prevladavaju vodene biljke toplih i svijetlih staništa, koje preferiraju slabo kisele do slabo lužnate supstrate umjereno bogate hranjivima. Većina vodenih biljaka istražena u ovom radu pogodna je za primjenu u hortikulturi.For the first time, floristic surveys of aquatic plants were carried out in the area of the rivers of the Lika basin (rivers Novčica, Bogdanica, Jadova and Lika). In the researched area, 15 types of wild vascular plants were inventoried. Two strictly protected species have been identified: Hippuris vulgaris and Utricularia vulgaris. The species Hippuris vulgaris is also an endangered species, in the category of endangered species (EN). The rivers of the Lika basin are dominated by aquatic plants of warm and bright habitats, which prefer weakly acidic to weakly alkaline substrates moderately rich in nutrients. Most of the aquatic plants investigated in this paper are suitable for use in horticulture