Caragano fruticis—Pinion sylvestris, the new alliance of xerophillous pine-larch forests of the Southern Urals
Xerophillous pine-larch forests of the Southern Ural have been described as a new alliance Caragano fruticis—Pinion sylvestris. They occur on steep slopes of upper parts of mountain ridges with poorely developed stony soils. Alliance asigned to the class Brachypodio pinnati—Betuletea pendulae, order Chamaecytiso ruthenici—Pinetalia sylvestris. Associations Carici caryophylleae—Pinetum sylvestris and Ceraso fruticis—Pinetum sylvestris with four subassociations are described. Ecological and floristical peculiarities of new alliance in comparison with another alliances of the order Chamaecytiso-Pinetalia and with siberian class Rhytidio rugosi—Laricetea sibiricae have been discussed.
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2020 ◽
Vol 62
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pp. 39-47
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