<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Central Anatolian vegetation has diverse site conditions and small-scale plant diversity. For this reason, identification of plant communities is important for understanding their ecology and nature conservation. This study aims to contribute the syntaxonomical classification of the Central Anatolian vegetation. The study area is situated among Güzelyurt, Narköy, and Bozköy (Niğde) in the east of Aksaray province of Central Anatolia in Turkey. The vegetation data were collected using the phytosociological method of Braun-Blanquet and classified using TWINSPAN. The ecological characteristics of the units were investigated with Detrended Correspondence Analysis. Three new plant associations were described in the study. The steppe association was included in <italic>Onobrychido armenae-Thymetalia leucostomi</italic> and <italic>Astragalo microcephali-Brometea tomentelli</italic>. The forest-steppe association was classified under <italic>Quercion anatolicae</italic> in <italic>Quercetea pubescentis</italic>. The riparian association is the first poplar-dominated one described in Turkey and, classified under <italic>Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae</italic> and its alliance <italic>Populion albae.</italic></p></abstract>

The Central Anatolian vegetation has diverse site conditions and small-scale plant diversity. For this reason, identification of plant communities is important for understanding their ecology and nature conservation. This study aims to contribute the syntaxonomical classification of the Central Anatolian vegetation. The study area is situated among Güzelyurt, Narköy, and Bozköy (Niğde) in the east of Aksaray province of Central Anatolia in Turkey. The vegetation data were collected using the phytosociological method of Braun-Blanquet and classified using TWINSPAN. The ecological characteristics of the units were investigated with Detrended Correspondence Analysis. Three new plant associations were described in the study. The steppe association was included in Onobrychido armenae-Thymetalia leucostomi and Astragalo microcephali-Brometea tomentelli. The forest-steppe association was classified under Quercion anatolicae in Quercetea pubescentis. The riparian association is the first poplar-dominated one described in Turkey and, classified under Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae and its alliance Populion albae.

The phytosociology, ecology, and plant diversity of new plant communities in Central Anatolia (Turkey)

Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology

Faculty of Science, Department of Biology

Faculty of Forestry, Department of Silviculture

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The Central Anatolian vegetation has diverse site conditions and small-scale plant diversity. For this reason, identification of plant communities is important...

The phytosociology, ecology, and plant diversity of new plant communities in Central Anatolia (Turkey)

Published Online: Feb 07, 2020

Page range: 1 - 22

Received: Feb 13, 2019

Accepted: Sep 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0014

Keywords
Aksaray, Irano-Turanian, Niğde, steppe, plant community, riparian vegetation, syntaxonomy

© 2019 Nihal Kenar et al., published by Sciendo

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

The phytosociology, ecology, and plant diversity of new plant communities in Central Anatolia (Turkey)

Published Online: Feb 07, 2020

Page range: 1 - 22

Received: Feb 13, 2019

Accepted: Sep 23, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2019-0014

KeywordsAksaray, Irano-Turanian, Niğde, steppe, plant community, riparian vegetation, syntaxonomy

© 2019 Nihal Kenar et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
Aksaray, Irano-Turanian, Niğde, steppe, plant community, riparian vegetation, syntaxonomy