Classificaton of the relict forest communites of Palla’s Black Pine (Pinus nigra subsp. pallasiana) in Bulgaria
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Balkan Peninsula, coniferous forests, vegetation, syntaxonomy, cluster analysisAbstract
New approach for the classifcation of the Black Pine forest communities in Bulgaria was made in the paper. Te analysis of forest pytocoenoses from Vlahina, East and West Rhodopi and Balkan Range Mountains confrmed their separation into two classes – Quercetea pubescentis (low-altitudinal) and Erico-Pinetea (high altitudinal). Te second class is represented from one polymorphic association Seslerio latifoliae-Pinetum nigrae whereas the other group is represented from two new associations. Te association Junipero deltoidi-Pineteum pallasianae is more related to the surrounding thermophilous oak forests as well as the association Lathyro laxiflori-Pinetum pallasianae is more similar to the hornbeam and beech
forests.
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