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Basaltic Outcrops as Centers of Diversity for Xerothermic Plants in the Sudetes Mountains (Central Europe)

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Paweł Kwiatkowski
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Jagiellońska 28, 40-032 Katowice, Poland
Diversity 2021, 13(4), 164; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13040164
Submission received: 4 March 2021 / Revised: 8 April 2021 / Accepted: 8 April 2021 / Published: 9 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vascular Plant Diversity at Different Scales)
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Rock outcrops have promoted a high level of species diversity and provided a stable microclimate for long time periods. The present study is devoted to plant diversity of natural Quaternary outcrops of basaltic rocks. Chorological and ecological investigations were carried out at 35 such outcrops, located within five physiogeographic units of the Sudetes Mountains. The focus was on 120 xerothermic taxa of vascular plants: 62 strictly xerothermic (steppe) taxa of the Festuco valesiacae-Brometea erecti class, and 58 thermophilous taxa representing classes Trifolio medii-Geranietea sanguinei and Quercetea pubescentis. Limited geographical ranges of these plants are manifested by variable frequency of their occurrence. Species distribution is determined by natural factors, like surface area of the outcrop, the type of basaltic rock and the type of plant communities developed. Basaltic outcrops in the Sudetes meet the criterion of habitat islands (inselbergs), serve as regional centers of vascular flora, and are refugia for marginal populations of relict species.

1. Introduction

An important feature of different areas on Earth, in all of the geographical regions, is the spatial diversity of habitats. Places with nearly uniform abiotic parameters of environment usually form mosaics of more or less isolated habitats, which often become “islands” for various groups of organisms. Habitat fragmentation is a process of gradual division into smaller, more isolated parts. The fragmentation may result in different spatial configurations of habitat patches in the landscape and different patterns of species richness, at local to continental scales [1,2,3,4,5,6,7]. Habitat islands may have both natural and anthropogenic origin. Examples of natural habitat islands on land [8,9,10,11,12,13,14] are: Lakes, oxbow lakes and peatlands of different sizes—habitat islands for aquatic and marsh organisms, summit parts of high mountains isolated by deep valleys—for high mountain species, small forest complexes in the agricultural landscape—for shrub and forest species and rock outcrops (inselbergs) of a structure different from their surroundings—for rock species. The latter are often examples of small natural objects sensu small natural features (SNF) or small island effect (SIE) [13,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22], which are characterized by high heterogeneity of abiotic factors, the presence of contrasting plant communities and species diversity and separateness, in comparison to the surrounding landscape diversity, as well as the risk of extinction events. Due to their geographic nature, rock outcrops (monadnocks) are regarded as specific environmental islands [23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34] because most of them show a clear ecological isolation from the surrounding landscape. Regardless of their surface area, habitat islands of the rock outcrops type are often the only places of occurrence or refugia for many groups of plants, including xerothermic and thermophilous species.
The development of steppe vegetation in Central Europe took place in the Preboreal period when xerothermic plants from the Pontic and Mediterranean regions began to enter forestless parts of Central Europe [8,35,36]. Next, geographical ranges of xerothermic plant communities shrank as the climate continued to warm up, which resulted in an increase of forest cover. This process was followed by their re-development that was in turn stimulated by human activity from the beginning of Neolithic settlement. Therefore, some researchers [37,38,39] believe that the majority of Central European xerothermic grasslands are relatively young communities and that their character is to a large extent anthropogenic. Formation of the current isolated localities of xerothermic plants and shaping of their geographical ranges is explained by phylogeographic studies using molecular markers [36]. However, due to the heterogeneous history of postglacial migration, it is difficult to find a common scenario for the evolution of extrazonal xerothermic flora in this part of Europe. The xerothermic species entered the Sudetes Mountains and spread from two regions: (i) on the south, from the Pannonian Plain (Hungarian Plain) through the Moravian Gate along the Odra valley and the Sudetes foreland; (ii) on the west, from Czech Republic and Germany refugia (České Sředohoři Mountains and Thuringian Highlands) along the Elbe valley and the northern depression of the Sudetes [40,41,42]. At the beginning of the last century, there were still relatively numerous traces of the former distribution of xerothermic vegetation clusters in the foreland of the Sudetes [43,44]. Currently, many of these species occur in the Sudetes only on rock hills. They were reported from limestones, serpentinites, as well as basaltic hills [45,46,47].
In Central Europe, xerothermic vegetation occurs only in places with special orographic, soil and microclimate conditions, i.e., the most dry places, with high ground temperatures and low rainfall (<600 mm per year), often related to rock habitats with reaction close to alkaline. Fragments of this vegetation that developed extrazonally are located far away from the Eurasian zone of steppes. Due to the history of their development in Postglacial and the simultaneous influence of the sub-oceanic and sub-continental climate, these fragments are characterized by a mixed floristic composition. Such transitory floristic nature makes the xerothermic grasslands of Central Europe unique natural objects [38,39,48]. Places of their occurrence, usually limited to small areas, are very often located within hills composed of various types of rocks. They include, among others, the hills of the Cainozoic Central European Volcanic Formation [49,50,51]. Their remains in the Sudetes have been preserved in the landscape till present and are referred to as volcanism relics or “palaeovolcanoes”.
Palaeovolcanoes, i.e., basaltic outcrops, differ in terms of age range, mineralogical composition, as well as petrographic and geochemical properties. They are necks, which are remnants of former volcanic cones, lava flows or intrusive forms. As a product of the alkali volcanism from Oligocene–Pliocene, they are built of various types of fine-grained rocks of the basaltic formation [52,53,54], including basanites, plagioclase basalts, nephelenites, phonolites, trachites and trachybasalts. These rocks are distinguished by an increased content of magnesium and a low content of silicon, sodium and potassium. Basalt is a characteristic type of bedrock, on which strongly skeletal soils are formed, mainly from the group of lithosols or rankers. The chemical composition of the basic minerals that build basaltic rocks (alkaline plagioclases, pyroxenes, amphiboles, feldspars, olivines and biotytes), the availability of magnesium compounds and high temperature of rock heating, altogether determine the richness and separateness of flora and promote the settlement of plants that have higher thermal requirements and are adapted to water scarcity.
Among basaltic outcrops in the Sudetes there are objects of various sizes—from small intrusions, which occur within hills built of other types of rocks, to vast basaltic hills with a characteristic conical shape (Figure 1). They provide habitats of semi-natural dry grasslands that require conservation according to the Directive 92/43 EEC (EUR 27). So far, however, only a few of these objects have been the subject of floristic and phytosociological studies [55,56,57,58,59,60]. Therefore, chorological and ecological investigations were carried out at basaltic outcrops, located within five physiogeographic units of the Sudetes Mountains. Possible relationships between regional distribution and floristic richness of xerothermic plant species, abiotic environmental factors and locally developed classes of vegetation, were examined.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Basaltic Outcrops

The Sudetes Mountains are part of the Czech Massif [61,62], which together with the Vosges, Black Forest, Massif Central and Harz belong to the Hercynian (Variscan) mountains of Central and Western Europe. They are distinguished by a complex geological structure [63] and numerous exposures of volcanic rocks of various age. The investigations were carried out at 35 basaltic outcrops located in the Sudetes Mountains, in the ranges of Lusatian Hills (Lausitzer Hügelland), Izera Plateau (Pogórze Izerskie), Western Kaczawa Plateau (Pogórze Zachodniokaczawskie), Eastern Kaczawa Plateau (Pogórze Wschodniokaczawskie) and Strzegom Hills (Wzgórza Strzegomskie) (Figure 2, Table 1), during vegetation seasons 2014–2020.
For each outcrop the following parameters were considered. The summit coordinates, elevation and surface area were measured using a device with a global positioning system (Garmin GPS map; WGS 84 reference system). The type of basaltic rock was assigned to each outcrop based on the available geological materials [51,52,54,64]. In case of basaltic outcrops for which the literature data were available, habitat conditions were determined on the basis of the physico-chemical parameters of the bedrock (Table 2) [54,65,66,67,68]. Classification of the outcrops to specific types of volcanic rocks was done according to Le Maitre et al. [69]. Floristic richness of the outcrop was the total number of xerothermic species that were noted during field investigation.

2.2. Plant Species

Classification of plants follows Jäger [70]. Among all the vascular plants encountered in the course of field investigations, two thermal groups were considered: Strictly xerothermic and thermophilous species. Plants were classified to the appropriate thermal group based on the phytosociological criterion [71,72,73,74], which distinguishes strictly xerothermic taxa of the Festuco valesiacae-Brometea erecti Br.-Bl. and Tüxen ex Br.-Bl. 1949 class and its lower syntaxa: Brometalia erecti Br.-Bl. and Tüxen ex Br.-Bl. 1949, Festucetalia valesiacae Br.-Bl. and Tüxen ex Br.-Bl. 1949; and thermophilous species included in communities of the Trifolio medii-Geranietea sanguinei Müller 1962 class (Antherico ramosi-Geranietalia sanguinei Julve ex Dengler in Dengler, Berg, Eisenberg, Isermann, Jansen, Koska, Löbel, Mathey, Bazolt, Spangenberg, Timmermann and Wollert 2003, Origanetalia vulgaris Müller 1962) and oak forests of the Quercetea pubescentis Doing Kraft ex Scamoni and Passarge 1959 class. Each of the examined taxa was affiliated to phytogeographical elements based on the general distribution ranges of vascular plant species [75,76,77,78]. Furthermore, Ellenberg indicator values [79], describing preferences to light, temperature and moisture, were assigned to each species.

2.3. Statistical Analysis

All the analyses were performed using the Statistics toolbox of Matlab (The Matworks, Natick, MA, USA). The hierarchical classification method included in the Matlab package was used in the ordination analysis. Statistical significance was tested using pairwise Student’s t-test.

3. Results

3.1. Phytogeographical Elements, Distribution of Xerothermic Species and Floristic Richness of Outcrops

Xerothermic flora of the investigated basaltic outcrops comprises 120 taxa of vascular plants, 62 of which are strictly xerothermic (steppe) taxa, which are typical of Euro-Asian steppe grasslands, and 58 are thermophilous species (see Appendix A—Table A1). The outcrops are located in the warmer part of Central Europe. Therefore, the xerothermic flora, next to the predominant Euro-Mediterranean, European and Euro-Siberian elements, includes also Pontic-Pannonian and Sub-Mediterranean species (e.g., Achillea pannonica, Bupleurum falcatum, Medicago minima, Ornithogalum angustifolium, Prunella grandiflora, Sorbus torminalis and Trifolium striatum). Moreover, some of the species attain the north-western limit of their geographical range in Europe, as also observed in other European countries [42,46,80,81,82]. These include Cotoneaster integerrimus, Festuca pallens, Melica transsilvanica and Staphyllea pinnata.
The distribution varies among individual species. It is manifested both by the total number of localities, from which the species was reported (frequency of species occurrence), and by species attachment to certain parts of the studied area (geographical range). On the basis of the occurrence frequency the species were divided into five classes (Figure 3). Among the thermophilous species, the majority of species are widespread and some were recorded from all of the basaltic outcrops (Astragalus glycyphyllos, Clinopodium vulgare, Lathyrus sylvestris and Securigera varia). The rarest species, i.e., those limited to one isolated locality, are either strictly xerothermic (e.g., Allium lusitanicum—Grodziec; Cirsium acaule—Landeskrone; Crepis praemorsa—Bazaltowa Góra; Medicago minima and Prunella grandiflora—Kopista and Trifolium striatum—Wilcza Góra) or thermophilous plants (e.g., Bupleurum falcatum—Borowa; Campanula cervicaria—Zamkowa; Hieracium schmidtii—Ostrzyca; Staphyllea pinnata—Grodziec and Thalictrum minus—Kopista).
The distribution of some species is correlated with geographical regions of the Sudetes. Therefore, differences in the xerothermic flora of basaltic outcrops located in the different geographical regions are in the absence/presence of species with limited geographical range. This tendency is confirmed by the hierarchical cluster analysis of the basaltic outcrop flora. The floristic distance between the outcrop floras (measured by one minus Jaccard coefficient) is within the range 0.1–0.7 for strictly xerothermic species and 0.1–0.5 for thermophilous species (Figure 4). The dendrograms indicate the existence of outcrop clusters. The first cluster, apparent in both the dendrograms, comprises the outcrops situated in Lusatian Hills. They exhibit a similar level of floristic richness (Table 1) and are distinguished by the presence of several taxa: Anthemis tinctoria, Cerastium glutinosum, Cirsium acaule and Crataegus rhipidophylla. The second cluster, apparent in the dendrogram for strictly xerothermic species, includes some of the outcrops of the Eastern Kaczawa Plateau where fragments of Festuco valesiacae-Brometea erecti xerothermic grasslands have developed. Hence the presence of a number of species unknown from the remaining outcrops or species with the largest number of localities in this geographical region, like Alyssum alyssoides, Anthericum ramosum, Camelina microcarpa, Cerastium brachypetalum, Hypochaeris maculata, Medicago minima, Petrorhagia prolifera, Phleum phleoides, Prunella grandiflora, Salvia pratensis, Scabiosa ochroleuca and Thalictrum minus. The remaining basaltic outcrops, which are scattered within the investigated area, form only small clusters, including two or three outcrops. An example can be Góra Św. Jerzego-Krzyżowa Góra (Strzegom Hills—Figure 4, No. 34–35), for which Dianthus carthusianorum and Melica transsilvanica are the common locally distinguishing xerothermic species.

3.2. Relationships between Xerothermic Species Richness and Outcrop Parameters

The investigated basaltic outcrops are low hills (205–501 m above sea level) built of various basaltic rocks of the tertiary age (Table 1). They occur in open places as isolated hills surrounded by agricultural landscape or in forested areas (Figure 1). There are voids and quarries at most of the outcrops. Mining activities are currently carried out at only a few of them (Kozia Góra, Kopista, Łysanka and Wilcza Góra), the others are abandoned and unexploited workings with rock formations. Such places sometimes create secondary habitats for the development of rarer xerothermic species. However, no correlation was found between the presence of voids and quarries and the number of xerothermic species.
Individual basaltic outcrops differ considerably by the surface area, which ranges from 1 to 100 ha. This parameter of the outcrop affects the richness of thermophilous species but not that of strictly xerothermic species. In particular, heavily forested and quite extensive outcrops have relatively rich thermophilous flora while the richness of strictly xerothermic species is similar to that of small rock outcrops. Representatives of the former are: Rottstein (surface area of 100 ha /15 strictly xerothermic species /30 thermophilous species), Bazaltowa Góra (80/16/35) and Landeskrone (60/20/24); while of the latter: Krzyżowa Góra (3/29/26) and Winnik (2/24/22). The mean number of thermophilous species noted for outcrops of surface area smaller than 10 ha (mean = 17.78; standard error (SE) = 1.12; n = 18) is smaller than that noted for bigger outcrops (mean = 27.59; SE = 1.41; n = 17; statistically significant difference, Student’s t-test; p = 4.57 × 10−6) (Figure 5) while in the case of strictly xerothermic species the difference is not significant (p = 0.3067).
Chemical composition of basalts, of which the investigated outcrops are built, differs from other igneous rocks. Basalts are silicate rocks devoid of carbonates but the proportion of silicon compounds, occurring mainly in the form of silica (SiO2), is relatively low (up to 50%—Table 2). These rocks are also characterized by an increased content of magnesium oxides (MgO) and a low content of sodium and potassium oxides (Na2O and K2O). Moreover, they contain significant amounts of iron (Fe2O3), with a low content of phosphorus (P2O5). The black or dark green color of basaltic rocks causes relatively strong heating up of their surface. Six types of basalt build the investigated outcrops (Table 1). Nephelenites and basanites are much more common than the other types. The richness of strictly xerothermic and thermophilous flora on different types of basaltic rocks is presented in Figure 6. Outcrops of basanite (Wilcza Góra), tephrite (Krzyżowa Góra) and trachyandesite (Kopista) gather the largest number of strictly xerothermic taxa. A relatively low number of such species occurs on nephelenite, trachybasalt, and the majority of basanite outcrops. Similar relationships apply to thermophilous species with exception of trachybasalts, where the number of thermophilous species is relatively high, unlike that of strictly xerothermic species. The largest number of thermophilous species was noted for the Kopista hill (trachyandesite).
Habitats can be indirectly characterized using the system of Ellenberg indicators [79], the values of which represent relationships between plant species and environment, in particular the species preferences to light, temperature and moisture. Indicator values for species, the distribution of which was investigated, are in accordance with their xerothermic character (Table 1). Values of the indicator of light for all the xerothermic species (the strictly xerothermic and thermophilous species taken together) encountered at the investigated outcrops range from four (plants preferring shade) to nine (always full sun). Contribution of heliophilous plants, with indicator of light values eight to nine, is high (66%) especially in the group of species regarded as strictly xerothermic. Mean values of this indicator computed for all the species from a given locality fluctuate around seven, the value which represents species associated with the “open” habitat type (Figure 7). As already mentioned, basaltic habitats are distinguished by a strong degree of heating of the rock surface. Accordingly, mean values of the indicator of temperature for xerothermic species reported from the outcrops are high, close to six, which indicates high contribution of plants preferring high substrate temperature. On the other hand, low values of the indicator of moisture, between three and four, which represent mainly species preferring very dry and extremely dry habitats, apply to both strictly xerothermic and thermophilous species of basaltic outcrops (Figure 7).
The investigated species that are associated with different biotopes belong to different syntaxonomic units. Some of species (51.66% of the investigated taxa) have narrow habitat requirements and are species of xerothermic grasslands of the Festuco valesiacae-Brometea erecti class. As a rule, they occupy exposed, unshaded fragments of the slopes of the basalt hills with southern exposure. The presence of such xerothermic grasslands is manifested in the increased floristic richness of strictly xerothermic species (Figure 8) (outcrops without grasslands: Mean number of strictly xerothermic species = 12.44; SE = 1.19; n = 27; outcrops with grasslands: Mean = 21.25; SE = 3.40; n = 8; the difference between means is statistically significant, Student’s t-test; p = 0.004). Distribution of species of xerothermic grasslands of the Festuco valesiacae-Brometea erecti class to a large extent coincides with one of the above-described clusters of basaltic outcrops. In particular, the largest number of these species were found in the Eastern Kaczawa Plateau. On the other hand, the lowest contribution of the xerothermic grassland species distinguishes the Izera Plateau. Smaller groups are species of thermophilous fringes of the Trifolio medii-Geranietea sanguinei class (32.23%), and species of thermophilous oak forests of the Quercetea pubescentis class (16.11%). The latter group plays a greater role in the outcrops of Bazaltowa Góra and Kopista, where fragments of submontane thermophilous oak forest with service-tree Sorbo torminalis-Quercetum petraeae Svoboda ex Blažková 1962 have developed. These localities mark the northern border of the geographical range of this association in Europe. The fact that the association is locally attached to the basaltic substrate resulted in the development of its endemic form Sorbo torminalis-Quercetum petraeae cephalantheretosum longifoliae Kwiatkowski 2003 [83].

4. Discussion

The positive relation between species richness and the size of the investigated area is probably the most common pattern in nature—the larger the area, the more species one can expect. This relation is manifested by the so-called island effect on species richness [6,15,84,85,86,87]. Typically, when habitat islands are smaller and more isolated, the chances of the survival of species on the island are lower as well as the chances of the species colonization outside [88,89]. The hypothesis of habitat heterogeneity assumes that as the surface area increases, new habitats appear together with new species, which are associated with the new habitats, the effect of which is an increase of the total number of species [90,91,92]. The logarithmic relationship between species richness and the surface area is well known, but there are also many cases where small patches of habitats may have a more beneficial effect on the richness than a few larger ones [5,93,94]. Smaller islands, or their parts, are colonized mainly by narrowly specialized species. The lack of suitable habitats thus blocks the possibility of colonization of the islands by these “specialists”. For the basaltic outcrops, the investigation of which is presented in this paper, this phenomenon applies to a number of species that have a characteristic single locality. For example, Anthericum ramosum, Medicago minima, Prunella grandiflora and Pulmonaria angustifolia inhabit only one of the trachyandesite outcrops (Kopista). In this case, the floristic richness and species diversity are determined by the specific type of rock and the mosaic arrangement of microhabitats.
Habitat heterogeneity is therefore not a simple function of the size of the object—even within small areas, a number of ecological niches may appear, which are to a various extent preferable for specialized species. On the other hand, there is a hypothesis on richness-reducing disturbances that lead to a decline in species diversity in small areas [13,95,96]. However, the disturbance hypothesis does not apply to the results obtained from numerous basaltic outcrops investigated in this paper. The appearance of xerothermic taxa in secondary habitats, i.e., quarries of basalts, are against the disturbance hypothesis. It is indeed expected that the quarry exploitation in the initial phase resulted in the destruction of many species niches or even the complete disappearance of some species. On the other hand, the currently closed quarries, where no far-reaching succession phenomena took place, frequently became the main refugia of xerothermic species. This network of secondary habitats often gathers localities of specialized species that are regionally endangered taxa of the vascular flora of the Sudetes [97,98], including Campanula cervicaria (Zamkowa), Cerastium brachypetalum (Kopista), Ornithogalum angustifolium, Stachys germanica and Trifolium striatum (Wilcza Góra). Thus, “anthropogenic disturbances” in the structure of the rocky outcrops sometimes promote species diversity. Such tendencies have been described for the vascular flora of quarries composed not only of basalts but also of other types of rocks [99,100,101,102,103,104].
In the case of environmental islands that make up “archipelagos”, the distance between the islands is important. Regardless of the propagule carrier (wind, birds or people), quite high mutual floristic similarity of the islands located close to each other may result from easier colonization by species from the immediate vicinity [105,106,107]. In the investigated area, such relationships were found for several outcrops located in the Eastern Kaczawa Plateau (Krzyżowa Góra, Winnik, Srebrnik and Kopista), the distances between which oscillate around several kilometers. The result is a common group of several species (Camelina microcarpa, Hypochaeris maculata, Petrorhagia prolifera, Polygala comosa and Veronica prostrata), which here have the main center of occurrence in the investigated area. On the other hand, many species have a disjunctive pattern of distribution. Due to the fact that the basaltic outcrops where the species occur are tens of kilometers away, effective flow of genes and diaspores between them is not likely and the SIE may lead to extinction events. However, a transport of diaspores cannot be completely excluded. Examples of such local disjunctions are the geographical ranges of Bromus erectus (Ladenskrone/Krzyżna Góra—hills separated by 120 km), Festuca pallens (Ostrzyca/Góra Św. Jerzego—40 km), Potentilla inclinata (Wilcza Góra/Czartowska Skała—20 km), Trifolium rubens (Wilcza Góra/Bazaltowa Góra—20 km) and Verbascum lychnitis (Hutberg/Zamkowa—30 km).
From the ecological point of view, the most important chemical properties of basaltic rocks are slightly alkaline reaction, low content of phosphorus, potassium and calcium, and high magnesium content. The soils formed from such a substrate create specific, strongly heating, low-fertile habitats with a significant content of skeletal parts (rock fragments), which makes them permeable to water. Plants that occur in these extreme habitats are characterized by a scleromorphic structure and are adapted to water scarcity (xerism). Easily heating basaltic habitats with specific physical and chemical parameters can be treated as “edaphic islands”. Such features are typical also for serpentine habitats [47,108,109]. In general, low soil moisture and high insolation distinguish the areas occupied by xerothermic species of the Festuco valesiacae-Brometea erecti class, as confirmed in other studies regarding other European countries [110,111,112]. Their localities are usually related with steep, dry and often rocky slopes of the southern exposure. The habitats formed by such exposed rocks influence the flora also through the low albedo of their surface, which makes them warmer and drier. It is reported that slopes with such exposure receive on average up to 35% more direct sunlight per year than flat areas [27,113,114,115]. In turn, thermophilous species of the Trifolio medii-Geranietea sanguinei and Quercetea pubescentis classes, apart from slopes with southern or nearly southern exposure, occur also on the summits of basaltic outcrops and rocks with variable exposure and degree of slope.
The patterns of species diversity of the studied basaltic outcrops are therefore significantly influenced by the overall system of abiotic environmental factors generating a mosaic of developed habitat types. A similar relationship was shown for hills with a different geological structure [25,87,116,117,118].
Diagnosis of abiotic environment parameters can be complemented by the system of Ellenberg indicators [119,120,121,122,123]. In the present investigation, results of Ellenberg indicator analysis (the values of selected indicators representing species preferences for light, temperature and moisture) are to some extent obvious because only a specific group of plants, i.e., xerothermic species, was considered. Nevertheless, the results support the adequate selection of xerothermic species. In particular, within the analyzed flora, there is a significant predominance of species adapted to higher substrate temperature, high degree of insolation and very dry substrate.
The obtained results show a specific floristic composition of basaltic outcrops, that differs from the vascular flora of the surrounding areas (matrix vegetation). Thus, basaltic outcrops are specific habitats while the settlement of the outcrop plant species, which are often under stress conditions, into the surrounding matrix is often limited [27]. The basaltic outcrops, nevertheless, make a significant contribution to the local and regional species diversity.

5. Conclusions

Basaltic outcrops are not only specific environmental islands, which have a unique geological structure, topography, soils and microclimatic conditions, but also refugia for species with high thermal requirements. Due to the extremely northern location of the studied objects in the Sudetes and the influence of the humid oceanic climate, the investigated outcrops differ in terms of floristic richness from the more southern basalt hills of other parts of the Czech Massif (České Sředohoří Mountains), where numerous species representing sub-continental types of geographical range occur. Basalt outcrops also function as regional centers of xerothermic flora in the Sudetes.
A number of xerothermic species reach the northern limit of their geographical range in Europe in the investigated area. The localities of xerothermic taxa on the border of the geographical range seem to be very interesting both from a historical and evolutionary perspective. Marginal and relict populations are often subject to stronger local selection than those occupying the center of the species range, which can lead to the emergence of many genetically diverse populations, each adapted to its own habitat conditions. In times of global climate change, they can be the starting point for future migrations to other parts of Europe, which could be important for the long-term survival of populations. Therefore, one can conclude that due to their environmental vulnerability, geographical range and relict nature, it is appropriate to provide in situ conservation actions for those plant species that are at greater risk as well as for their habitats [124,125,126].

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Institutional Review Board Statement

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Data Availability Statement

Data are included within the article.

Acknowledgments

The author is grateful to the Academic Editor for launching this special issue and to the anonymous Reviewers for their valuable comments.

Conflicts of Interest

The author declares no conflict of interest.

Appendix A

Table
Table A1. Species list of the investigated basaltic outcrops and their Ellenberg indicators. Abbreviations: *—strictly xerothermic taxon, L—light, T—temperature and M—moisture.
Table A1. Species list of the investigated basaltic outcrops and their Ellenberg indicators. Abbreviations: *—strictly xerothermic taxon, L—light, T—temperature and M—moisture.
Name of SpeciesFamilyEllenberg Indicator Value
LTM
* Achillea pannonica ScheeleAsteraceae773
* Acinos arvensis (Lam.) DandyLamiaceae962
Agrimonia eupatoria L.Rosaceae764
* Ajuga genevensis L.Lamiaceae863
* Allium lusitanicum Lam.Alliaceae962
* Allium oleraceum L.Alliaceae763
* Allyssum alyssoides (L.) L.Brassicaceae963
* Anthemis tinctoria L.Asteraceae863
* Anthericum ramosum L.Anthericaceae753
* Anthyllis vulneraria L. subsp. vulnerariaFabaceae863
* Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop.Brassicaceae754
* Artemisia campestris L. subsp. campestrisAsteraceae962
Astragalus glycyphyllos L.Fabaceae664
* Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P. Beauv.Poaceae654
* Bromus erectus Huds.Poaceae853
Bupleurum falcatum L.Apiaceae663
* Camelina microcarpa DC.Brassicaceae764
Campanula cervicaria L.Campanulaceae665
* Campanula glomerata L. subsp. glomerataCampanulaceae764
Campanula persicifolia L.Campanulaceae554
* Carex caryophyllea Latourr.Cyperaceae854
Carex montana L.Cyperaceae564
* Carlina vulgaris L.Asteraceae754
* Centaurea scabiosa L. subsp. scabiosaAsteraceae763
* Centaurea stoebe L.Asteraceae873
Cephalanthera longifolia (L.) FritschOrchidaceae554
* Cerastium brachypetalum Pers. subsp. brachypetalumCaryophyllaceae973
* Cerastium glutinosum Fr.Caryophyllaceae973
* Cerastium pumilum CurtisCaryophyllaceae872
Cervaria rivini Gaertn.Apiaceae875
* Cirsium acaule Scop.Asteraceae953
Clinopodium vulgare L.Lamiaceae754
Cotoneaster integerrimus Medik.Rosaceae863
* Crepis praemorsa (L.) WaltherAsteraceae673
Crataegus rhipidophylla Gand. s.str.Rosaceae765
Dactylorhiza sambucina (L.) SoóOrchidaceae754
* Dianthus carthusianorum L.Caryophyllaceae853
Digitalis grandiflora Mill.Plantaginaceae745
Drymocallis rupestris (L.) SojákRosaceae774
Festuca brevipila (L.) R. TraceyPoaceae863
* Festuca pallens HostPoaceae972
* Filipendula vulgaris MoenchRosaceae763
Fragaria moschata WestonRosaceae665
Fragaria viridis WestonRosaceae753
Gagea villosa (M. Bieb) SweetLiliaceae674
Galium verum L. s.str.Rubiaceae764
Genista germanica L.Fabaceae754
Genista tinctoria L. subsp. tinctoriaFabaceae866
* Gentianopsis ciliata (L.) MaGentianaceae763
Geranium sanguineum L.Geraniaceae763
* Helianthemum nummularium (L.) Mill. subsp. obscurum (Wahlenb.) HolubCistaceae853
Hieracium diapahanoides Lindeb.Asteraceae554
Hieracium schmidtii TauschAsteraceae864
* Holosteum umbellatum L.Caryophyllaceae863
Hypericum montanum L.Hypericaceae564
* Hypochaeris maculata L.Asteraceae764
Inula conyzae (Griess.) DC.Asteraceae664
* Inula hirta L.Asteraceae763
* Jovibarba globifera (L.) J. Parn. subsp. globiferaCrassulaceae962
* Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) Schult.Poaceae763
Lathyrus niger (L.) Bernh.Fabaceae563
Lathyrus sylvestris L. subsp. sylvestrisFabaceae764
Lychnis viscaria L.Caryophyllaceae763
Medicago falcata L.Fabaceae863
* Medicago minima (L.) L.Fabaceae973
* Melica transsilvanica SchurPoaceae783
Melittis melissophyllum L.Lamiaceae574
Orchis mascula (L.) L. subsp. speciosa (W. D. J. Koch) HegiOrchidaceae664
Origanum vulgare L. subsp. vulgareLamiaceae763
* Ornithogalum angustifolium BoreauHyacinthaceae982
* Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) P. W. Ball et HeywoodCaryophyllaceae873
Peucedanum oreoselinum (L.) MoenchApiaceae663
* Phleum phleoides (L.) H. Karst.Poaceae863
* Pilosella bauhinii (Schult.) Arv.-Touv. subsp. bauhiniiAsteraceae973
* Poa angustifolia L.Poaceae765
* Poa bulbosa L.Poaceae873
* Polygala comosa SchkuhrPolygalaceae863
Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) DruceRuscaceae753
Potentilla alba L.Rosaceae664
* Potentilla inclinata Vill.Rosaceae972
* Potentilla leucopolitana P. J. MüllRosaceae962
* Potentilla neumanniana Rchb.Rosaceae863
Potentilla recta L.Rosaceae973
* Prunella grandiflora (L.) SchollerLamiaceae973
Pulmonaria angustifolia L.Boraginaceae575
Ranunculus polyanthemos L. subsp. polyanthemosRanunculaceae664
* Salvia pratensis L.Lamiaceae863
* Sanguisorba minor Scop. subsp. minorRosaceae763
* Saxifraga tridactylites L.Saxifragaceae862
* Scabiosa columbaria L.Dipsacaceae853
* Scabiosa ochroleuca L.Dipsacaceae873
Securigera varia (L.) LassenFabaceae764
* Seseli annuum L.Apiaceae873
Silene nutans L.Caryophyllaceae763
Sorbus torminalis (L.) CrantzRosaceae474
* Stachys germanica L.Lamiaceae773
Staphyllea pinnata L.Staphyleaceae775
Tanacetum corymbosum (L.) Sch. Bip.Asteraceae674
* Taraxacum sect. Erythrosperma (H. Lindb.) Dahlst.Asteraceae863
* Teucrium botrys L.Lamiaceae962
Thalictrum minus L. subsp. minusRanunculaceae663
Trifolium alpestre L.Fabaceae763
Trifolium medium L.Fabaceae764
* Trifolium montanum L.Fabaceae863
Trifolium rubens L.Fabaceae763
* Trifolium striatum L.Fabaceae873
* Turritis glabra L.Brassicaceae663
Valeriana pratensis Dierb. subsp. angustifolia (Soó) Kirschner et al.Valerianaceae764
Verbascum lychnitis L.Scrophulariaceae763
* Veronica prostrata L. s.str.Plantaginaceae972
Veronica teucrium L.Plantaginaceae763
Vicia dumetorum L.Fabaceae665
Vicia pisiformis L.Fabaceae674
Vicia sylvatica L.Fabaceae764
Vicia tenuifolia Roth s.str.Fabaceae784
Vincetoxicum hirundinaria Medik.Apocynaceae653
* Viola collina BesserViolaceae653
Viola hirta L.Violaceae653
* Viola rupestris F. W. SchmidtViolaceae653
Viola scabra F. BraunViolaceae653

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Figure 1. Basaltic outcrops of the Sudetes Mountains. (A) isolated tephrite cone of Knorrberg; (B) isolated nephelenite cone of Landeskrone; (C) peak nephelenite outcrop of Stożek Perkuna; (D) isolated basanite cone of Ostrzyca; (E,F) xerothermic grasslands of tephrite outcrop Krzyżowa Góra and (G,H) complex of xerothermic and thermophilous vegetation of the nephelenite outcrop Czartowska Skała.
Figure 1. Basaltic outcrops of the Sudetes Mountains. (A) isolated tephrite cone of Knorrberg; (B) isolated nephelenite cone of Landeskrone; (C) peak nephelenite outcrop of Stożek Perkuna; (D) isolated basanite cone of Ostrzyca; (E,F) xerothermic grasslands of tephrite outcrop Krzyżowa Góra and (G,H) complex of xerothermic and thermophilous vegetation of the nephelenite outcrop Czartowska Skała.
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Figure 2. Location of the studied area, marked by a black rectangle (A), and distribution of the investigated basaltic outcrops (B). The locality labels (numbers) are explained in Table 1. Relief maps were obtained from www.maps-for-free.com.
Figure 2. Location of the studied area, marked by a black rectangle (A), and distribution of the investigated basaltic outcrops (B). The locality labels (numbers) are explained in Table 1. Relief maps were obtained from www.maps-for-free.com.
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Figure 3. Variation in frequency of strictly xerothermic (red) and thermophilous taxa (green). Frequency classes: I—species occurring on 1 locality, II—2-3 localities, III—4-8, IV—9-17 and V—18-35.
Figure 3. Variation in frequency of strictly xerothermic (red) and thermophilous taxa (green). Frequency classes: I—species occurring on 1 locality, II—2-3 localities, III—4-8, IV—9-17 and V—18-35.
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Figure 4. Hierarchical cluster analysis showing floristic similarity of the investigated basaltic outcrops based on strictly xerothermic (red dendrogram) and thermophilous taxa (green). The locality labels (numbers) are explained in Table 1. The distance was computed as 1 minus Jaccard coefficient.
Figure 4. Hierarchical cluster analysis showing floristic similarity of the investigated basaltic outcrops based on strictly xerothermic (red dendrogram) and thermophilous taxa (green). The locality labels (numbers) are explained in Table 1. The distance was computed as 1 minus Jaccard coefficient.
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Figure 5. Variation of thermophilous species richness of basaltic outcrops of different surface area. Boxes delimit the first and third quantiles; red lines within boxes are medians; whiskers extend from each end of the box to the adjacent values in the data on condition that the most extreme values are within 1.5 times the interquartile range from the ends of the box; red crosses represent outliers. Number of smaller outcrops = 18 and number of bigger outcrops = 17.
Figure 5. Variation of thermophilous species richness of basaltic outcrops of different surface area. Boxes delimit the first and third quantiles; red lines within boxes are medians; whiskers extend from each end of the box to the adjacent values in the data on condition that the most extreme values are within 1.5 times the interquartile range from the ends of the box; red crosses represent outliers. Number of smaller outcrops = 18 and number of bigger outcrops = 17.
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Figure 6. Numbers of strictly xerothermic (red circles) and thermophilous taxa (green) reported from outcrops built of different basaltic rocks. Abbreviations: Neph—nephelenite, Bas—basanite, Tr-b—trachybasalt, Tr-a—trachyandesite, Teph—tephrite and Phon—phonolite.
Figure 6. Numbers of strictly xerothermic (red circles) and thermophilous taxa (green) reported from outcrops built of different basaltic rocks. Abbreviations: Neph—nephelenite, Bas—basanite, Tr-b—trachybasalt, Tr-a—trachyandesite, Teph—tephrite and Phon—phonolite.
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Figure 7. Variation of mean Ellenberg indicators computed for species reported from given outcrop: Ellenberg indicators: L—light; T—temperature and M—moisture. See Figure 5 legend for box plot explanation.
Figure 7. Variation of mean Ellenberg indicators computed for species reported from given outcrop: Ellenberg indicators: L—light; T—temperature and M—moisture. See Figure 5 legend for box plot explanation.
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Figure 8. Variation of richness of strictly xerothermic species for basaltic outcrops differing by the absence (27 outcrops) or presence (8 outcrops) of xerothermic grasslands. See Figure 5 legend for box plot explanation.
Figure 8. Variation of richness of strictly xerothermic species for basaltic outcrops differing by the absence (27 outcrops) or presence (8 outcrops) of xerothermic grasslands. See Figure 5 legend for box plot explanation.
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Table
Table 1. General information about location, geological structure and xerothermic vascular flora at the investigated outcrops. Upper indices after the outcrop names refer to physiographic units: a—Lusatian Hills; b—Izera Plateau; c—Western Kaczawa Plateau; d—Eastern Kaczawa Plateau and e—Strzegom Hills.
Table 1. General information about location, geological structure and xerothermic vascular flora at the investigated outcrops. Upper indices after the outcrop names refer to physiographic units: a—Lusatian Hills; b—Izera Plateau; c—Western Kaczawa Plateau; d—Eastern Kaczawa Plateau and e—Strzegom Hills.
Number of LocalityLocalitySummit CoordinatesElevation (m)Area (ha)RocksQuarryNo. of Strictly Xerothermic TaxaNo. of Thermophilous Taxa
1Rottstein a51°6′19.619”
14°45′53.518”		455100Nephelenite 1530
2Knorrberg a51°0′50.784”
14°52′59.693”		37810Tephrite×1519
3Hutberg a51°3′19.284”
14°53′12.452”		3109Nephelenite×1826
4Kleiner Hutberg a51°3′4.231”
14°53′15.220”		2987Nephelenite 1723
5Landeskrone a51°7′46.156”
14°55′58.394”		41960Nephelenite 2024
6Koło Obserwatora b50°53′44.419”
14°59′24.850”		3414Phonolite×812
7Kodešův vrch b50°53′52.703”
15°0′12.634”		3429Nephelenite×914
8Borowa b51°2′46.166”
14°59′26.163”		2805Nephelenite 918
9Czubatka b51°4′24.142”
15°10′20.605”		3534Basanite×613
10Stożek Perkuna b51°1′3.395”
15°14′1.726”		3852Nephelenite×517
11Krzyżowa Góra b51°6′23.644”
15°19′12.764”		2504Nephelenite×415
12Zamkowa c50°57′59.604”
15°38′39.203”		31113Basanite×929
13Grodziec c51°10′37.178”
15°45′34.052”		38940Nephelenite 1931
14Świątek c51°6′6.037”
15°44′7.583”		3302Nephelenite×611
15Ostrzyca c51°3′20.838”
15°45′46.460”		50123Basanite 1028
16Kamienna Góra c51°6′16.514”
15°49′49.944”		35032Nephelenite×823
17Gruchacz c51°8′4.352”
15°53′36.743”		2605Nephelenite×1317
18Jeziorna c51°5′39.453”
15°51′55.703”		29311Basanite×1520
19Czerwony Kamień d51°5′27.615”
15°52′44.524”		32515Basanite×1529
20Wilcza Góra d51°6′18.260”
15°54′44.721”		36724Basanite×3430
21Kostrza d51°6′43.674”
15°56′1.351”		3132Basanite 1117
22Kozia Góra d51°5′39.259”
15°56′12.938”		37317Basanite×1220
23Łysanka d51°3′40.113”
15°56′5.445”		44415Nephelenite×1324
24Krzyżowa Góra d51°5′28.003”
16°2′35.622”		2583Tephrite×2926
25Winnik d51°4′48.408”
16°5′23.713”		2512Trachyandesite×2422
26Srebrnik d51°5′41.301”
16°6′50.722”		2051Trachyandesite 1615
27Kopista d51°5′11.895”
16°6′24.275”		26430Trachyandesite×4042
28Czartki d51°3′44.191”
16°4′50.883”		2731Trachyandesite 1615
29Górzec d51°3′23.438”
16°4′30.961”		44229Nephelenite 630
30Czartowska Skała d51°2′16.150”
16°1′43.094”		4686Nephelenite×2125
31Rataj d51°1′17.339”
16°7′30.777”		35010Trachybasalt×1330
32Bazaltowa Góra d51°0′48.041”
16°7′59.992”		36780Trachybasalt×1635
33Radogost d50°59′50.690”
16°7′45.402”		39814Trachybasalt 525
34Góra Św. Jerzego e50°58′25.105”
16°20′0.496”		3549Basanite×1119
35Krzyżowa Góra e50°58′24.923”
16°20′11.138”		3588Basanite×1315
Table
Table 2. Chemical composition of basaltic rocks from selected outcrops.
Table 2. Chemical composition of basaltic rocks from selected outcrops.
[w/w%]KnorrbergHutbergKleiner HutbergLandeskroneKoło ObserwatoraStożek PerkunaKrzyżowa GóraZamkowaWilcza GóraŁysankaKrzyżowa GóraKopistaGóra Św. JerzegoKrzyżowa Góra
SiO247.239.340.44142.0639.842.8740.4940.6643.6640.0947.1545.3545.88
TiO22.93.062.993.182.592.613.293.22.642.442.62.292.382.1
Al2O314.71211.511.712.6910.7214.0812.5913.3114.2212.7314.5615.8915.43
Fe2O313.813.713.413.911.1512.1412.8612.231212.0312.2511.2911.5211.46
MnO0.290.270.260.250.240.20.180.180.210.180.190.170.160.17
MgO4.411.211.411.49.9215.878.9212.8611.611.5611.759.388.79.9
CaO9.613.613.413.110.9912.3810.3711.212.259.7712.469.1510.139.74
Na2O4.164.614.23.73.83.043.423.43.323.673.312.893.163.23
K2O1.721.120.960.840.961.141.311.111.011.120.90.820.830.88
P2O51.141.051.070.870.980.960.730.710.660.661.070.40.420.35
others0.090.361.381.774.621.141.961.932.340.692.651.92.090.86
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