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Nature Conservation 2/2010 — 20. 4. 2010 — Research, Surveys and Data Management — Print article in pdf
The Ornate Bluet – A Surprise from a Coal Mine Dump
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The distribution of the Ornate Bluet (Coenagrion ornatum) in the Czech Republic is far more extensive.
The distribution of the Ornate Bluet (Coenagrion ornatum), also known as the Ornate Damselfly, in the Czech Republic is far more extensive than it was considered before 2009. At that time the only single recent population from the Piletický potok Brook Basin and five historical records from Bohemia and Moravia had been known. In 2009 25 new sites inhabited by the Ornate Blue were discovered. They are located in northern, central and eastern Bohemia and are situated mostly in open farmlands or mining areas at altitudes below 280 m a.s.l. Coenagrion ornatumprefers sunny parts of brooks and channels with rich littoral vegetation (e.g., the Branched Bur-reed Sparganium erectum, BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga, Pondweed Potamogetonspp.). However, it also occurs at degraded and regulated stream stretches where the vegetation is dominated by the Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea)andthe Stinging or Common Nettle(Urtica dioica).