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Rimgailė-Voicik, Radvilė ; Voicikas, Aleksandras ; Fediajevaitė, Julija ; Juzėnas, Sigitas ; Patamsytė, Jolanta

Plants, 2024, vol. 13, iss. 15, p. [1-14]

Anglų

School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading ; Vilniaus universitetas

(eLABa ID)203493523 ; (DOI)10.3390/plants13152120 ; (Web of Science ID)001287888600001 ; (Scopus eID)2-s2.0-85200743770

N 010 - Biologija (100 %)

D01 - Biologija

This study adopted an integrated approach to assess the probability of repetitive young sporophyte recruitment via sexual propagation in Lycopodium annotinum L. and Lycopodium clavatum L. The size–age problem of clonal spore-bearing forest plants and their niche segregation were addressed. The canopy characteristics, insolation, small-scale disturbance, and genetic polymorphism were studied in temperate semi-natural Scots pine forests in Lithuania. Based on the size of the clones discovered, we hypothesize that initial sporophyte emergence occurred in 20-year-old pine stands, with subsequent sporophyte emergence continuing over time. The emergence was related to small-scale disturbances.High genetic polymorphism indicates that all sporophyte stands studied likely emerged via sexual reproduction. According to Ellenberg values, L. annotinum is related to shady habitats, but our findings show both species coexisting abundantly in the more open habitat, supposedly more suitable for L. clavatum. No significant differences in vegetation relevés and light availability was detected using hemispheric images.

clonal growth; club mosses; ISSR; small-scale disturbance