Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Classification of Caucasian oak (Quercus macranthera) forests from Dagestan (Eastern Caucasus)
View through CrossRef
A classification of Caucasian oak (Quercus macranthera) forests from Dagestan (Eastern Caucasus) using the Braun-Blanquet method has been developed. Three new associations were described: Ranunculo buhsei–Quercetum macrantherae ass. nov., Betonico macrantherae–Quercetum macrantherae ass. nov. and Calamagrostio arundnaceae–Quercetum macrantherae ass. nov. These communities are characterized by the leading role of sub-Mediterranean thermophilous species and Euro-Siberian meadow-steppe meso-xerophytes which allowed them to be assigned to the class Quercetea pubescentis Doing-Kraft ex Scamoni et Passarge 1959. The results of the study of ecological and plant-geographical properties of described communities revealed their unique feature – the presence of a large group of endemic subalpine Caucasian species. The combination of these ecologically contrasting species groups indicates moderately dry and continental climate of the oak (Q. macranthera) forests range in Dagestan and occurring them in the buffer zone between forest, steppe and alpine belts at altitudes of 1400–2100 m. Similar important ecological and floristic features are not typical for other forests of the class Quercetea pubescentis in Europe and Asia Minor. This made it possible to justify a new order Astrantio maximae–Quercetalia macrantherae ord. nov. containing a single alliance Astrantio maximae–Quercion macrantherae all. nov. Diagnostic species of the order and alliance are: Quercus macranthera, Astrantia maxima, Alchemilla sericata, Anthemis melanoloma, Betonica macrantha, Bupleurum polyphyllum, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Carum meifolium, Chaerophyllum aureum, Cephalaria gigantea, Centaurea salicifolia, Cicerbita racemosa, Erysimum armeniacum, Geranium sylvaticum, Heracleum asperum, Iris colchica, Lathyrus cyaneus, Lilium monadelphum, Medicago glutinosa, Primula macrocalyx, Viburnum lantana, Poa longifolia, Polygonatum verticillatum, Ranunculus buhsei, Rubus saxatilis, Primula ruprechtii, Psephellus dealbatus, P. daghestanicus, Pyrethrum leptophyllum, Pedicularis chroorrhyncha, Sedum oppositifolium, Trifolium canescens, Vicia grossheimii, Vincetoxicum funebre.
Title: Classification of Caucasian oak (Quercus macranthera) forests from Dagestan (Eastern Caucasus)
Description:
A classification of Caucasian oak (Quercus macranthera) forests from Dagestan (Eastern Caucasus) using the Braun-Blanquet method has been developed.
Three new associations were described: Ranunculo buhsei–Quercetum macrantherae ass.
nov.
, Betonico macrantherae–Quercetum macrantherae ass.
nov.
and Calamagrostio arundnaceae–Quercetum macrantherae ass.
nov.
These communities are characterized by the leading role of sub-Mediterranean thermophilous species and Euro-Siberian meadow-steppe meso-xerophytes which allowed them to be assigned to the class Quercetea pubescentis Doing-Kraft ex Scamoni et Passarge 1959.
The results of the study of ecological and plant-geographical properties of described communities revealed their unique feature – the presence of a large group of endemic subalpine Caucasian species.
The combination of these ecologically contrasting species groups indicates moderately dry and continental climate of the oak (Q.
macranthera) forests range in Dagestan and occurring them in the buffer zone between forest, steppe and alpine belts at altitudes of 1400–2100 m.
Similar important ecological and floristic features are not typical for other forests of the class Quercetea pubescentis in Europe and Asia Minor.
This made it possible to justify a new order Astrantio maximae–Quercetalia macrantherae ord.
nov.
containing a single alliance Astrantio maximae–Quercion macrantherae all.
nov.
Diagnostic species of the order and alliance are: Quercus macranthera, Astrantia maxima, Alchemilla sericata, Anthemis melanoloma, Betonica macrantha, Bupleurum polyphyllum, Calamagrostis arundinacea, Carum meifolium, Chaerophyllum aureum, Cephalaria gigantea, Centaurea salicifolia, Cicerbita racemosa, Erysimum armeniacum, Geranium sylvaticum, Heracleum asperum, Iris colchica, Lathyrus cyaneus, Lilium monadelphum, Medicago glutinosa, Primula macrocalyx, Viburnum lantana, Poa longifolia, Polygonatum verticillatum, Ranunculus buhsei, Rubus saxatilis, Primula ruprechtii, Psephellus dealbatus, P.
daghestanicus, Pyrethrum leptophyllum, Pedicularis chroorrhyncha, Sedum oppositifolium, Trifolium canescens, Vicia grossheimii, Vincetoxicum funebre.
Related Results
PINE FORESTS OF THE CLASS ERICO–PINETEA HORVAT 1959 FROM DAGESTAN (NORTHERN CAUCASUS)
PINE FORESTS OF THE CLASS ERICO–PINETEA HORVAT 1959 FROM DAGESTAN (NORTHERN CAUCASUS)
The paper represents the results of grass pine forests classification in Dagestan by the Brown-Blanquet method. A number of 68 releves of pine forests (taken from the paper by Abdu...
Forest typological structure of oak forests of volyn height
Forest typological structure of oak forests of volyn height
Oak (Quercus robur L.) is one of the most common and valuable tree species in the Western Forest-Steppe of Ukraine. Much of the oak forests of the Western Forest-Steppe are concent...
Effect of Raw and Boiled Oak Quercus brantii in Performance, Biochemical and Blood Indices, and Proximate Composition of Cyprinus Carpio L.
Effect of Raw and Boiled Oak Quercus brantii in Performance, Biochemical and Blood Indices, and Proximate Composition of Cyprinus Carpio L.
This study was conducted in fish diseases lab. / College of veterinary medicine/ university of Sulaimani to evaluate the effect of boiling oak as compared with raw oak on the perfo...
Lithospheric structure of the Eastern Anatolia and Caucasus region
Lithospheric structure of the Eastern Anatolia and Caucasus region
This dissertation investigates the lithospheric structure of the Eastern Anatolia and Caucasus region through an integrated approach employing Two-Plane Wave Tomography (TPWT), Amb...
Caucasian Xenoglossary in Modern Russian and Image of “Caucasian World”
Caucasian Xenoglossary in Modern Russian and Image of “Caucasian World”
The Caucasus has always been of interest for Russia. Russian-Caucasian contacts are being studied in political, economic, religious and social aspects. But linguistic horizon has n...
Checklist of the genus Quercus (Fagaceae) of Aguascalientes, México
Checklist of the genus Quercus (Fagaceae) of Aguascalientes, México
Twenty-five species of Quercus were collected in the state of Aguascalientes, 11 members of Quercus sect. Lobatae (red oak) and 14 members of Quercus sect. Quercus (white oak). Ten...
ON THE ISSUE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOVIET RULE
IN DAGESTAN AND THE FORMATION OF THE DAGESTAN ASSR
ON THE ISSUE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOVIET RULE
IN DAGESTAN AND THE FORMATION OF THE DAGESTAN ASSR
The relevance of the questions raised in the article is due to the 100th anniversary of the events of the Russian Revolution, as well as interest in the problems of national-state ...
Endemic genera of the Caucasian flora
Endemic genera of the Caucasian flora
AbstractWithin the flora of the Caucasus consists of 17 mono‐ or oligotypic endemic or subendemic genera. Their taxonomy and nomenclature, chorology (latudinal and longitudinal di...