<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the alpine belt of the Julian Alps (glacial cirque Na Jezerih under Mt. Veliki Rokav, Jarečica, the Mangart Saddle and Prodi under Mt. Mangart as well as Mt. Plešivec in the rock wall of Loška Stena) we studied the phytosociology and ecology of snow-bed vegetation with dominating flowering plants <italic>Salix herbacea</italic>, <italic>Luzula alpinopilosa</italic>, <italic>Gnaphalium supinum</italic>, <italic>Soldanella pusilla</italic> and <italic>Salix retusa,</italic> and numerous moss species. Based on the comparison with similar snow-bed communities in the Central, Eastern and Southern Alps we described a new association <italic>Salicetum retuso-herbaceae</italic> and classified it into the alliance <italic>Salicion herbaceae</italic> and class <italic>Salicetea herbaceae</italic>. We determined several successional stages of snow-bed vegetation on mixed calcareous-silicate bedrock that we treat as variants, in two relevés also the initial association <italic>Polytrichetum sexangularis.</italic></p></abstract>

In the alpine belt of the Julian Alps (glacial cirque Na Jezerih under Mt. Veliki Rokav, Jarečica, the Mangart Saddle and Prodi under Mt. Mangart as well as Mt. Plešivec in the rock wall of Loška Stena) we studied the phytosociology and ecology of snow-bed vegetation with dominating flowering plants Salix herbacea, Luzula alpinopilosa, Gnaphalium supinum, Soldanella pusilla and Salix retusa, and numerous moss species. Based on the comparison with similar snow-bed communities in the Central, Eastern and Southern Alps we described a new association Salicetum retuso-herbaceae and classified it into the alliance Salicion herbaceae and class Salicetea herbaceae. We determined several successional stages of snow-bed vegetation on mixed calcareous-silicate bedrock that we treat as variants, in two relevés also the initial association Polytrichetum sexangularis.

Snow-bed communities with dominant <italic>Salix herbacea</italic> in the Julian Alps

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Snow-bed communities with dominant  in the Julian Alps

In the alpine belt of the Julian Alps (glacial cirque Na Jezerih under Mt. Veliki Rokav, Jarečica, the Mangart Saddle and Prodi under Mt. Mangart as well as...

Snow-bed communities with dominant Salix herbacea in the Julian Alps

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 47 - 73

Received: May 11, 2018

Accepted: Sep 05, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2018-0007

Keywords
phytosociology, plant ecology, synsystematics, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, Italy

© 2019 Andrej Martinčič et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Snow-bed communities with dominant Salix herbacea in the Julian Alps

Published Online: Feb 14, 2019

Page range: 47 - 73

Received: May 11, 2018

Accepted: Sep 05, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2018-0007

Keywordsphytosociology, plant ecology, synsystematics, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, Italy

© 2019 Andrej Martinčič et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
phytosociology, plant ecology, synsystematics, Julian Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia, Italy