<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The work describes the community of improved meadows that thrives on the elevated parts of alluvia and sometimes marshes, on the sites above the flooded areas. These stands were found and recorded in the sub-Pannonian and pre-Dinaric areas of Slovenia. The relevés were compared with other similar communities from the alliance <italic>Arrhenatherion</italic> Koch 1926 as well as some of the ecological characteristics. A new association named <italic>Triseto-Centaureetum macroptili</italic> ass. nova is here proposed. It was classified into alliance <italic>Arrhenatherion</italic> and order <italic>Arrhenatheretalia</italic> R. Tx 1931. The characters of the order <italic>Molinietalia</italic> Koch 1926 are also common, which reflects the transitional environmental conditions of those sites. The association thrives on deposits, predominantly on levees, where the soil is permeable for water. The material from these meadows, which are mown once to twice a year, is used for fodder and not for litter, which confirms their classification.</p></abstract>

The work describes the community of improved meadows that thrives on the elevated parts of alluvia and sometimes marshes, on the sites above the flooded areas. These stands were found and recorded in the sub-Pannonian and pre-Dinaric areas of Slovenia. The relevés were compared with other similar communities from the alliance Arrhenatherion Koch 1926 as well as some of the ecological characteristics. A new association named Triseto-Centaureetum macroptili ass. nova is here proposed. It was classified into alliance Arrhenatherion and order Arrhenatheretalia R. Tx 1931. The characters of the order Molinietalia Koch 1926 are also common, which reflects the transitional environmental conditions of those sites. The association thrives on deposits, predominantly on levees, where the soil is permeable for water. The material from these meadows, which are mown once to twice a year, is used for fodder and not for litter, which confirms their classification.

New Grassland Association <italic>Triseto-Centaureetum Macroptili</italic> ASS. Nova in Slovenia

Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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New Grassland Association  ASS. Nova in Slovenia

The work describes the community of improved meadows that thrives on the elevated parts of alluvia and sometimes marshes, on the sites above the flooded areas....

New Grassland Association Triseto-Centaureetum Macroptili ASS. Nova in Slovenia

Published Online: Jul 10, 2007

Page range: 77 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10028-007-0003-y

Keywords
phytosociology, meadow vegetation, Slovenia

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