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Tertiary endemic species in the flora of Bosnia and Hercegovina include the Serbian spruce (Picea omorika (Panč.) Purk.). The species was named in honour of Josif Pančić, who discovered it in 1875 at Zaovine and who confirmed it as a new species based on samples previously collected and analysed. The Serbian spruce was subsequently also discovered in Bosnia and Herzegovina by several authorities, among whom Fukarek described it in greatest detail in several of his works. After the great fires of 1946/47 numerous populations of Serbian spruce were destroyed and apparently permanently lost from their sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina, predominantly from the Srebrenica area. Following their destruction, no care or attention was given to these sites or their subsequent fate until a few years ago, when it was announced that the population of Serbian spruce was showing signs of renewal.
During recent research concerning yew in the canyon of the River Drina between the confluence of the River Žepa and Crni potok, just above Crni potok, two new, or rather old, stands of Serbian spruce were found, Grad and Borov vrh, which expand our knowledge of the current distribution of this species in Bosnia and Hercegovina and elsewhere. These locations were registered in 1935 by Gjorgjević, but were deleted from the register by Fukarek after the fires. Today, following natural rejuvenation, these are fifty year old specimens of considerable size and great vitality.
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