<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>On very steep dolomite slopes in the western foothills of the Kamnik Alps (Ravni hrib, Javorov vrh, Zaplata, Kriška gora) and southwestern Karavanke Mountains (Dobrča) we conducted a phytosociological study into montane grasslands (former hay meadows, partly pastures) where <italic>Gladiolus palustris,</italic> a species of European conservation concern, also occasionally occurs. They were compared with similar montane grasslands (former hay meadows) on sunny slopes of the Stol ridge above Breginj in the southwestern foothills of the Julian Alps. Based on this comparison we described three new syntaxa: <italic>Centaureo julici-Laserpitietum sileris gladioletosum palustris, Festuco amethystinae-Seslerietum calcariae</italic> and <italic>Pediculari julici-Bromopsietum transsilvanicae</italic>. Both new associations are classified into the alliance <italic>Caricion austroalpinae</italic> and treated as a long-term successional stage in the belt of altimontane beech forests from the association <italic>Ranunculo platanifolii-Fagetum.</italic></p></abstract>

On very steep dolomite slopes in the western foothills of the Kamnik Alps (Ravni hrib, Javorov vrh, Zaplata, Kriška gora) and southwestern Karavanke Mountains (Dobrča) we conducted a phytosociological study into montane grasslands (former hay meadows, partly pastures) where Gladiolus palustris, a species of European conservation concern, also occasionally occurs. They were compared with similar montane grasslands (former hay meadows) on sunny slopes of the Stol ridge above Breginj in the southwestern foothills of the Julian Alps. Based on this comparison we described three new syntaxa: Centaureo julici-Laserpitietum sileris gladioletosum palustris, Festuco amethystinae-Seslerietum calcariae and Pediculari julici-Bromopsietum transsilvanicae. Both new associations are classified into the alliance Caricion austroalpinae and treated as a long-term successional stage in the belt of altimontane beech forests from the association Ranunculo platanifolii-Fagetum.

Two new montane grassland communities from the SE Alps (N Slovenia)

Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Regional unit Tolmin, Brunov drevored 13, SI-5220 Tolmin, and Biotechnical Faculty of the University in Ljubljana, Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources, Večna pot 83, SI-1000 Ljubljana.

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On very steep dolomite slopes in the western foothills of the Kamnik Alps (Ravni hrib, Javorov vrh, Zaplata, Kriška gora) and southwestern Karavanke Mountains...

Two new montane grassland communities from the SE Alps (N Slovenia)

Published Online: Feb 22, 2016

Page range: 31 - 48

Received: Mar 06, 2015

Accepted: Aug 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hacq-2016-0008

Keywords
montane grasslands, phytosociology, synsystematics, Karavanke, Kamnik Alps, Natura 2000, Slovenia

© 2016 Igor Dakskobler et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Two new montane grassland communities from the SE Alps (N Slovenia)

Published Online: Feb 22, 2016

Page range: 31 - 48

Received: Mar 06, 2015

Accepted: Aug 25, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/hacq-2016-0008

Keywordsmontane grasslands, phytosociology, synsystematics, Karavanke, Kamnik Alps, Natura 2000, Slovenia

© 2016 Igor Dakskobler et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
montane grasslands, phytosociology, synsystematics, Karavanke, Kamnik Alps, Natura 2000, Slovenia