<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In Europe, the genus <italic>Ramonda</italic> is represented with three species: <italic>Ramonda nathaliae</italic>, <italic>Ramonda serbica</italic> and <italic>Ramonda myconi</italic>. The first two are endemic Balkan species that are distributed also in Kosovo. These species grow in limestone as well as serpentine substrates, forming chasmophytic vegetation. The species <italic>Ramonda nathaliae</italic> is found in Macedonia, Greece, Serbia and in two localities in Kosovo, in the Sharri Mountains (Luboten and Gotovushë). <italic>R. nathaliae</italic> forms the following plant associations in the serpentines of Macedonia: <italic>Asplenio­Ramondetum nathaliae</italic> and <italic>Scorzonero-Ramondetum nathaliae</italic>, and the <italic>Achilleo­Ramondetum nathaliae</italic> in limestone substrates. <italic>Ostrya carpinifolia</italic> is charateristic species in <italic>Querco pubescentis</italic>-<italic>Ostryetum carpinifoliae</italic>, <italic>Ostryo</italic>-<italic>Fagetum</italic>, <italic>Querco</italic>-<italic>Ostryetum carpinifoliae</italic> and <italic>Corylo colurnae</italic>-<italic>Ostryetum carpinifoliae</italic>. This paper presents plant communities of <italic>Ramonda nathaliae</italic> and <italic>Ostrya carpinifolia</italic> in a limestone habitat, where the proposed new plant association named <italic>Ramondo­Ostryetum carpinifoliae</italic> ass. nova. is described. This plant community belongs to the class <italic>Quercetea pubescentis</italic>, order <italic>Quercetalia pubescenti­petraeae</italic> and alliance <italic>Fraxino orni­Ostryion</italic>. It was found and described on the limestone substrate on Mt. Luboteni (at 960–982 m a.s.l.).</p></abstract>

In Europe, the genus Ramonda is represented with three species: Ramonda nathaliae, Ramonda serbica and Ramonda myconi. The first two are endemic Balkan species that are distributed also in Kosovo. These species grow in limestone as well as serpentine substrates, forming chasmophytic vegetation. The species Ramonda nathaliae is found in Macedonia, Greece, Serbia and in two localities in Kosovo, in the Sharri Mountains (Luboten and Gotovushë). R. nathaliae forms the following plant associations in the serpentines of Macedonia: Asplenio­Ramondetum nathaliae and Scorzonero-Ramondetum nathaliae, and the Achilleo­Ramondetum nathaliae in limestone substrates. Ostrya carpinifolia is charateristic species in Querco pubescentis-Ostryetum carpinifoliae, Ostryo-Fagetum, Querco-Ostryetum carpinifoliae and Corylo colurnae-Ostryetum carpinifoliae. This paper presents plant communities of Ramonda nathaliae and Ostrya carpinifolia in a limestone habitat, where the proposed new plant association named Ramondo­Ostryetum carpinifoliae ass. nova. is described. This plant community belongs to the class Quercetea pubescentis, order Quercetalia pubescenti­petraeae and alliance Fraxino orni­Ostryion. It was found and described on the limestone substrate on Mt. Luboteni (at 960–982 m a.s.l.).

<italic>Ramondo-Ostryetum carpinifoliae</italic> – a new association from the hop-hornbeam forests of the Sharri Mountains, Kosovo

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 – a new association from the hop-hornbeam forests of the Sharri Mountains, Kosovo

In Europe, the genus Ramonda is represented with three species: Ramonda nathaliae, Ramonda serbica and Ramonda myconi. The first two are endemic Balkan species...

Ramondo-Ostryetum carpinifoliae – a new association from the hop-hornbeam forests of the Sharri Mountains, Kosovo

Published Online: Jul 20, 2019

Page range: 323 - 336

Received: Oct 08, 2018

Accepted: Feb 17, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0002

Keywords
phytosociology, synsystematics, Sharri Mountains, Kosovo,

© 2019 Naim Berisha et al., published by Sciendo

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

Ramondo-Ostryetum carpinifoliae – a new association from the hop-hornbeam forests of the Sharri Mountains, Kosovo

Published Online: Jul 20, 2019

Page range: 323 - 336

Received: Oct 08, 2018

Accepted: Feb 17, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0002

Keywordsphytosociology, synsystematics, Sharri Mountains, Kosovo,

© 2019 Naim Berisha et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
phytosociology, synsystematics, Sharri Mountains, Kosovo,