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The grey dunes along the present-day depositional coasts of Latvia are among the most diverse dune ecosystems in the Baltic Sea region. This paper focuses on the grey dune plant communities, their classification based on the Braun-Blanquet approach and their ecology and distribution in Latvia. A total of 3,430 phytosociological relevés were sampled in all coastal sections in the period from 1994 to 2008. The vegetation was classified using TWINSPAN analysis. Diagnostic species were determined for each syn taxon using statistical measures of fidelity (phi coefficient and Fishers exact test). The phytogeography of associations and variants is described on the basis of a distribution range analysis of plant species. In total, three associations of the class Koelerio-Corynephoretea occur in the grey dunes. The Corniculario aculeatae-Corynephoretum canescentis and the Caricetum arenariae belong to the alliance Corynephorion canescentis and the order Corynephoretalia canescentis. The Festucetum polesicae belongs to the alliance Koelerion glaucae in the order Sedo acris-Festucetalia. With six variants, it is the phytosociologically most diverse association of the grey dunes: typical variant, variant of Gypsophila paniculata, variant of Koeleria glauca, variant of Thymus serpyllum, variant of Epipactis atrorubens and variant of Corynephorus canescens.
Our results show phytosociological differences among five coastal sections due to geomorphology and coastal processes. The most diverse grey dune plant communities occur on the open Baltic Sea coast where all three associations are represented. The most common vegetation type on all coastal sections in Latvia is the typical variant of the Festucetum polesicae. The Epipactis atrorubens variant of this association is widely distributed, too. It has its major occurrences along the Gulf of Riga and the Irbe Strait. The Corniculario aculeatae-Corynephoretum canescentis was found in only two locations. Stands of the Festucetum polesicae var. Koeleria glauca occupy wider areas on old dunes, while the Festucetum polesicae var. Gypsophila paniculata is more typical on young dynamic dunes with intensive sand drift. The results of the phytogeographical analysis of vegetation data show that under the influence of climate, especially with dominance of the oceanic and transformed oceanic air masses, grey dune plant communities on the Latvian coast are mainly sub-oceanic to sub-continental. The most continental community is the Festucetum polesicae var. Koeleria glauca, while the Caricetum arenariae and the Corniculario aculeatae- Corynephoretum canescentis have the strongest oceanic character.
Die vorliegende Arbeit beinhaltet die syntaxonomische Neubearbeitung der Sand-Kiefernwälder im norddeutschen Tiefland auf der Basis von 1096 Vegetationsaufnahmen. Es wird gezeigt, daß nicht nur Kiefernwälder Ostdeutschlands, sondern auch die Kiefernbestände armer Sandböden in Nordwestdeutschland zum Dicrano-Pinion Matuszk. 1962 em. hoc loco (Piceetalia abietis, Vaccinio-Piceetea) gehören. Damit wird das Areal des Verbandes über das Vorkommen natürlicher, d. h. bereits vor der historischen Waldverwüstung existierender Kiefernwälder nach Westen ausgeweitet. Die durch die Kieferndominanz bedingten einheitlichen Standortfaktoren bewirken nicht nur eine große Ähnlichkeit der Wälder innerhalb des ausgedehnten Areals, sondern auch, daß natürliche Kiefernwälder, Kiefern-Anflugwälder auf ehemaligen Offenstandorten und Kiefernforsten floristisch meist nicht gegeneinander abzugrenzen sind. Innerhalb des Dicrano-Pinion werden vier Assoziationen (Cladonio-Pinetum, Leucobryo-Pinetum, Empetro nigri-Pinetum, Peucedano-Pinetum) und eine ranglose Gesellschaft (Deschampsia flexuosa-Pinus sylvestris-Gesellschaft) unterschieden. Die weit verbreiteten Syntaxa Cladonio-Pinetum, Leucobryo-Pinetum und Deschampsia-Pinus-Gesellschaft sind entlang eines ökologischen Gradienten zunehmender Nährstoffversorgung differenziert. Alle drei Gesellschaften werden mehrdimensional standörtlich und geographisch gegliedert. Empetro nigri-Pinetum und Peucedano-Pinetum, von denen nur wenige Vegetationsaufnahmen vorliegen, sind charakteristisch für basenreichere Sonderstandorte. Die bisher vielfach in das Dicrano-Pinion gestellten Kiefern-Moorwälder werden aus dem Verband ausgegliedert.
Marginal associations, i.e. floristically impoverished associations at the margin of the distribution area of a higher syntaxon, form a problem in vegetation classification, because true character species are lacking. We propose a new approach for the classification of such marginal associations, making use of the notion of 'chorological tension zones'. In the absence of true character species, the species from other syntaxa of the same formation can be used as such. Our proposal is to use the species group from every formation-true class only once within every marginal alliance, to limit the number of possible marginal associations. This approach is illustrated in a classification of the retamoid thickets in the Netherlands. On the basis of a numerical-subjective classification of the relevant species in the scrub layer and the evaluation of relevant literature, we conclude that the broom and gorse thickets in the Netherlands can be assigned to the Cytisetea scopario-striati Rivas-Mart. 1974, which is represented by four associations, each of which is characterised by the species of other scrub classes. The Ulici europaei-Sarothamnion scoparii Doing ex Weber 1997 is represented by the Rubo plicati-Sarothamnetum scoparii Weber 1987 and the Crataego monogynae-Cytisetum scoparii R. Haveman, I. de Ronde & J.H.J. Schaminée ass. nov., the Ulici europaei-Cytision striati Rivas-Mart., Báscones, Díaz, Fern. Gonz. & Loidi 1991 by the Frangulo alni-Ulicetum europaei De Foucault 1988 and the Rubo ulmifolii-Ulicetum europaei J.-M. Géhu ex R. Haveman, I. de Ronde & J.H.J. Schaminée ass. nov. This classification is based on a restricted dataset though, and a revision, based on a larger dataset from a wider region has to prove the tenability of the classification.
Rotföhrenwälder werden bereits seit Beginn der vegetationskundlichen Forschung immer wieder untersucht, eine befriedigende soziologische Klassifikation wurde jedoch bis heute kaum erreicht. Die vorliegende Arbeit beinhaltet eine syntaxonomische Neubearbeitung der Rotföhrenwälder in Österreich. 1372 Einzelaufnahmen aus Österreich und den angrenzenden Gebieten Deutschlands, Tschechiens und Italiens wurden dazu verarbeitet. Eine TWINSPAN-Klassifikation des Gesamtdatensatzes führte zu folgenden Ergebnissen:
Es werden auch weiterhin drei Haupttypen von Rotföhrenwäldern unterschieden, nämlich kontinentale inneralpische Hauhechel-Rotföhrenwälder (Ononido-Pinion), Schneeheide-Rotföhrenwälder über Karbonatgestein (Erico-Pinion) sowie bodensaure Moos-Rotföhrenwälder (Dicrano-Pinion). Aufgrund der floristischen Verwandtschaft von Erico-Pinion und Ononido-Pinion (früher Klasse Pulsatillo-Pinetea) werden nur noch zwei Klassen unterschieden (Erico-Pinetea, Vaccinio-Piceetea). Innerhalb der drei Verbände lassen sich sechs Assoziationen unterscheiden, wobei die Karbonat-Schneeheide-Rotföhrenwälder wegen des Fehlens von guten Charakterarten in nur einer Assoziation Erico-Pinetum sylvestris dargestellt werden; die Assoziation werden in acht Subassoziationen.
Sämtliche Syntaxa werden ausführlich beschrieben und nomenklatorisch revidiert. Eine synoptische Tabelle sowie Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Assoziationen und Subassoziationen sind beigefügt.
This paper compares the floodplain forests from Romania to those described from Central and Southeastern Europe from syntaxonomical and ecological perspectives and proposes a clear and ade-quate vegetation classification system that was needed for the Romanian floodplain forests. We performed a syntaxonomical analysis and classification of 473 vegetation relevés published from all nine Romanian provinces, between the years 1968 and 2015. The plant communities, established on the basis of character and differential species, were grouped within the alliance Alnion incanae Pawłowski 1928, according to current phytosociological consensus. The floristic structure of each syntaxon is presented in a synoptic table with species constancy expressed as a percentage. Since plant communi-ties specific to intramontane river floodplains are notably different from those in the plains, we grouped the associations within two different suballiances. Within the suballiance Alnenion glutinosae-incanae Oberdorfer 1953, we included the associations Stellario nemorum-Alnetum glutionosae Lohmeyer 1957, Telekio speciosae-Alnetum incanae Coldea 1990, and Carici remotae-Fraxinetum excelsioris Koch ex Faber 1936. In the suballiance Ulmenion Oberdorfer 1953, we included the associations Fraxino pannonicae-Ulmetum glabrae Aszód 1935 corr. Soó 1963, Ulmo campestris-Fraxinetum holotrichae Borza ex Sanda 1970 and Fraxino pallisae-Quercetum pedunculiflorae Oprea 1997. In order to show the distribution of these associations within the territory of Romania, we have generated two maps displaying the provenance of the analyzed relevés. The proposed classification system will facilitate the phytosociological and ecological investigation of floodplain forests and support the activities aiming at their conservation.