Subcontinental oak forest types in Slovakia
Jan Roleček, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Subcontinental oak forest types in Slovakia
Jan Roleček, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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Quercetum pubescenti-roboris
- dry oak forest on loess
- confined to warm lowlands and hills of southwest Slovakia
- tree layer: Quercus pubescens, Q. cerris, Q. robur
- dominants of herb layer: Brachypodium pinnatum, Festuca rupicola
- diagnostic species: Adonis vernalis, Phlomis tuberosa, Lavathera thuringiaca, Dictamnus albus, Inula salicina
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Quercetum pubescenti-roboris
- dry oak forest on loess
- confined to warm lowlands and hills of southwest Slovakia
- tree layer: Quercus pubescens, Q. cerris, Q. robur
- dominants of herb layer: Brachypodium pinnatum, Festuca rupicola
- diagnostic species: Adonis vernalis, Phlomis tuberosa, Lavathera thuringiaca, Dictamnus albus, Inula salicina
Convallario-Quercetum roboris
- dry-mesic oak forest on loess
- confined to warm lowlands of southwest Slovakia
- tree layer: Quercus cerris, Acer campestre, Q. robur, Q. petraea
- dominants of herb layer: Melica uniflora, Dictamnus albus, Buglossoides purpurocaerulea, Geum urbanum
- diagnostic species: Dictamnus albus, Polygonatum latifolium, Arum alpinum, Ulmus minor, Urtica dioica
Quercetum petraeae-cerris
- dry-mesic forest of turkey oak (Quercus cerris)
- confined to warm and dry lowlands and hills of southern Slovakia
- tree layer: Quercus cerris, Q. petraea
- dominants of herb layer: Poa angustifolia, P. nemoralis, Festuca rupicola
- diagnostic species: Quercus cerris, Vicia cassubica, Lychnis coronaria, Fragaria viridis
tertiary fine-grainedsediments (pannon)
volcanic rocks
(andezite, rhyolite)
loess loam& loess
Carici fritschii-Quercetum roboris
- dry-mesic oak forest on sand
- confined to Záhorská nížina lowland - a warm region of blown sands and gravel sand terraces
- tree layer: Quercus robur
- dominants of herb layer: Festuca ovina, Poa angustifolia, Molinia caerulea s. lat.
- diagnostic species: Carex fritschii, Iris variegata, Peucedanum oreoselinum, Pulmonaria angustifolia
Potentillo albae-Quercetum s.lat.
- dry-mesic oak forest of intermittently wet soils
- scattered in moderately warm regions of Slovakia
- tree layer: Quercus robur, Q. petraea
- dominants of herb layer: Carex montana, Poa nemoralis, Fragaria vesca
- diagnostic species: Frangula alnus, Selinum carvifolia, Deschampsia cespitosa, Betula pendula
tertiary fine- grained
sediments (carpathian flysh, pannon,
torton)
loess loam & loess
volcanic rocks
sand
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Corno-Quercetum
- diagnostic species: Sorbus torminalis, Viburnum lantana, Campanula rapunculoides, Glechoma hirsuta, Laser triloba, Waldsteinia geoides,
Sorbo torminalis-Quercetum
- diagnostic species: Galium schultesii, Digitalis grandiflora, Euphorbia polychroma, Genista tinctoria, Lychnis viscaria
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