The Nardo-Gnaphalietum supini plant association in the Western Carpathians [the Tatra Mts and the Babia Gora Massif]

• Autorzy: Gorski P.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article is the first published information on the occurrence of the snow-beds of Nardo-Gnaphalietum supini in the Western Carpathians. So far, localities of Nardo-Gnaphalietum supini phytocoenoses have been known exclusively from the Alps, the Black Forest, and the Eastern Carpathians. During this study, carried out in the Polish Carpathians, phytocoenoses of Nardo-Gnaphalietum were recorded in the two highest massifs - the Tatra Mountains and the Babia Góra Massif. They were closely related to anthropogenically-influenced sites with exposed and lumped ground located near tourist routes. Habitat characterization and spatial complexes of the patches of Nardo-Gnaphalietum in the investigated area are given herein. Critical revision of phytosociological data from the Alps and the Eastern Carpathians revealed that the discussed phytocoenoses have been described within the communities of Luzuletum alpino-pilosae, Salicetum herbaceae or Nardetum strictae. In this study, all phytosociological data concerning the association were collected and the floristic distinction of the phytocoenoses of particular mountain massifs is discussed. A new subassociation Nardo-Gnaphalietum oligotrichetosum hercynici was distinguished on the basis of local habitat variability. Although Nardo-Gnaphalietum supini does not have characteristic species, it is a well-distinguished typological unit in the class Salicetea herbaceae Br.-Bl. 1948, and is a central association of the alliance Nardo-Salicion herbaceae Englisch 1999.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Tatras Mountains; plant association; phytocoenosis; Carpathians Mountains; botany; occurrence; Babia Gora Massif; Salicetea hebraceae; Nardo-Gnaphalietum supini

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: 73
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.71-77,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Gorski P.

• August Cieszkowski Agricultural University, Wojska Polskiego 71C, 60-625 Poznan, Poland