Acta Carp. Occ. 9: 27-32, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.62317/aco.2018.003

Selected plant communities occurring above the timberline of the Babia hora Mt. (Northern Slovakia)

Jozef Šibík
Botanický ústav Centra biológie rastlín a biodiverzity SAV, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-845 23 Bratislava 4

Paper deals with species poor plant communities occurring in subalpine belt of the Babia hora Mt. situated in northern part of Slovakia. Recorded phytosociological relevés illustrate typical mosaic of dwarf shrub, krummholz and grassland communities on flysch sandstone bedrock. Described vegetation pattern is a result of complex relationships affected by harsh environmental conditions together with plant-animal interactions and natural succession after cessation of grazing. The alliance Juniperion nanae Br.-Bl. in Br.-Bl. et al. 1939 (the class Loiseleurio procumbentis-Vaccinietea Eggler ex Schubert 1960) is mentioned for the first time from the territory of Slovakia. Despite the fact that dwarf shrub communities dominated by Juniperus sibirica have already been described from Nízke Tatry Mts, classification into higher vegetation unites was not clearly solved until now. Regarding mat-grass sward communities of the Nardion strictae Br.-Bl. 1926 alliance, they are suggested to classify again within the class Juncetea trifidi Hadač in Klika et Hadač 1944 compared to the Nardetea strictae Rivas Goday et Borja Carbonell in Rivas Goday et Mayor López 1966, where it was classified in last decade. Krummholz communities dominated by Pinus mugo were included within the class Roso pendulinae-Pinetea mugo Theurillat in Theurillat et al. 1995 because of specific and unique evolutionary history and structure of the habitat.

Keywords: ecotones, grazing, subalpine belt, succession, syntaxonomy

Received: October 15, 2018; Accepted: December 12, 2018; Published: June 15, 2018  Show citation

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