<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This study deals with the diversity of forest vegetation in the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina) and presents a contemporary classification scheme for the identified syntaxa. A total of 137 relevés were collected and analyzed using specialized software (JUICE 7.0 and PC-ORD Version 4). As a result, forest vegetation is classified into 10 associations, 3 subassociations, 4 variants and 5 communities They belong to 7 alliances, 5 orders and 3 classes: <italic>Carpino-Fagetea sylvatica</italic>e, <italic>Quercetea pubescentis</italic> and <italic>Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae</italic>. The recorded 18 distinguished vegetation groups show a relatively high diversity of forest plant communities of the study area.</p></abstract>

This study deals with the diversity of forest vegetation in the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina) and presents a contemporary classification scheme for the identified syntaxa. A total of 137 relevés were collected and analyzed using specialized software (JUICE 7.0 and PC-ORD Version 4). As a result, forest vegetation is classified into 10 associations, 3 subassociations, 4 variants and 5 communities They belong to 7 alliances, 5 orders and 3 classes: Carpino-Fagetea sylvaticae, Quercetea pubescentis and Alno glutinosae-Populetea albae. The recorded 18 distinguished vegetation groups show a relatively high diversity of forest plant communities of the study area.

Forest vegetation diversity of the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina, Bulgaria)

Department of Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources

Hacquetia

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This study deals with the diversity of forest vegetation in the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina) and presents a contemporary classification scheme...

Forest vegetation diversity of the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina, Bulgaria)

Published Online: Jun 25, 2020

Page range: 233 - 258

Received: Feb 08, 2019

Accepted: Apr 20, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2020-0009

Keywords
southeastern Bulgaria, Braun-Blanquet approach, syntaxonomy, broad-leaved forests, vegetation diversity

© 2020 Alexandra Alexandrova et al., published by Sciendo

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

Forest vegetation diversity of the Slivenska Mountain (Eastern Stara planina, Bulgaria)

Published Online: Jun 25, 2020

Page range: 233 - 258

Received: Feb 08, 2019

Accepted: Apr 20, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hacq-2020-0009

Keywordssoutheastern Bulgaria, Braun-Blanquet approach, syntaxonomy, broad-leaved forests, vegetation diversity

© 2020 Alexandra Alexandrova et al., published by Sciendo

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

Keywords
southeastern Bulgaria, Braun-Blanquet approach, syntaxonomy, broad-leaved forests, vegetation diversity