A Review of Potentillo Ternatae — Nardion Strictae Alliance

Nikolay Velev; Iva Apostolova

doi:10.2478/v10028-009-0004-0

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A Review of Potentillo Ternatae — Nardion Strictae Alliance

Hacquetia

Volume 8 (2009): Issue 1 (June 2009)

By: Nikolay Velev and Iva Apostolova

Open Access

|Mar 2009

Abstract

A classification of the Nardus stricta dominated communities in the Balkan Range is presented. Two associations are identified: Nardetum strictae and Campanulo alpinae — Nardetum strictae nom. nov. The alliance Potentillo ternatae — Nardion strictae is typified and some comments on its distribution range and syntaxonomical affiliation to the higher units are presented. A synopsis is included of all available associations referred to Potentillo ternatae — Nardion strictae.

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