Dry grassland communities of Erysimo-Trifoliet um in the northeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia

Authors

  • Renata Ćušterevska Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Gazi Baba b/b - P.O. Box 162, MK-1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • Vlado Matevski Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Gazi Baba b/b - P.O. Box 162, MK-1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia & Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Bul. Krste Misirkov, 2, P.O. Box 428, MK-1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • Mitko Kostadinovski Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Gazi Baba b/b - P.O. Box 162, MK-1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
  • Andraž Čarni ZRC SAZU, Institute of Biology, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Keywords:

Erysimo-Trifolietum, geoelements, life forms, syntaxonomy, vegetation, Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

The study deals with the distribution and classification of the association Erysimo-Trifolietum Micevski 1977 (alliance Trifolion cherleri Micevski 1971, order Astragalo-Potentilletalia Micevski 1971, class Festuco-Brometea Br. Bl. et Tx. 1943). The association develops on siliceous bedrock of the northern and northeastern parts of the Republic of Macedonia. After the research of dry grasslands in the region of Kratovo, enough information was available to prepare a synthetic overview of the association Erysimo-Trifolietum. Within the frame of this association, two new subassoaciations are described – subass. scleranthetosum subass. nova and subass. brachypodietosum subass. nova. Analysis of geoelements showed that sub-Mediterranean species are the most numerous and analysis of life forms provided evidence of their therophyto-hemicryptophytic physiognomy. The paper also presents the localities of occurrence, their floristic composition, synecological characteristics, life forms incidence and areal types.

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Ćušterevska, R., Matevski, V., Kostadinovski, M., & Čarni, A. (2015). Dry grassland communities of Erysimo-Trifoliet um in the northeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. Hacquetia, 11(1). Retrieved from https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/hacquetia/article/view/2873

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