<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents results of a syntaxonomic analysis of the herbaceous phytocoenoses on the salt steppes, meadows and marshes in Southeastern Bulgaria, and along the Southern Black Sea Coast. The halophytic vegetation is distributed mostly in the Tundzha Lowland and the large salt lakes along the Black Sea Coast, where the saline soils occupy large territories. Most syntaxa identified in the paper are well-known and wide-spread in Central and Eastern Europe (<italic>Salicornietum prostratae, Suaedetum maritimae, Juncetum maritimae</italic> etc.), but there are also some specific vegetation types, which are presented by endemic associations as <italic>Petrosimonio brachiatae-Puccinellietum convolutae, Bupleuro tenuissimae-Camphorosmetum monspeliacae.</italic> The most widespread one is <italic>Diantho pallidiflori-Puccinellietum convolutae.</italic> It demonstrates a big variation in the appearance and the dominant structure of the described phytocoenoses. The comparision of the Bulgarian halophytic vegetation with other places in Europe shows its similarities with these vegetation types distributed in the Eastern Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe.</p></abstract>

The paper presents results of a syntaxonomic analysis of the herbaceous phytocoenoses on the salt steppes, meadows and marshes in Southeastern Bulgaria, and along the Southern Black Sea Coast. The halophytic vegetation is distributed mostly in the Tundzha Lowland and the large salt lakes along the Black Sea Coast, where the saline soils occupy large territories. Most syntaxa identified in the paper are well-known and wide-spread in Central and Eastern Europe (Salicornietum prostratae, Suaedetum maritimae, Juncetum maritimae etc.), but there are also some specific vegetation types, which are presented by endemic associations as Petrosimonio brachiatae-Puccinellietum convolutae, Bupleuro tenuissimae-Camphorosmetum monspeliacae. The most widespread one is Diantho pallidiflori-Puccinellietum convolutae. It demonstrates a big variation in the appearance and the dominant structure of the described phytocoenoses. The comparision of the Bulgarian halophytic vegetation with other places in Europe shows its similarities with these vegetation types distributed in the Eastern Mediterranean and Central and Eastern Europe.

The Halophytic Vegetation in South-East Bulgaria and Along the Black Sea Coast

Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridsky", 8 Dragan Tzankov Blvd., Sofia, BG-1164, Bulgaria

Department of Problems of the Phytodiversity, Institute of Ecology of the Volga River Basin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Komzin St. 10, Togliatti, Ru 445003, Russia

Department of Applied Botany, Institute of Botany, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Akad. G. Bonchev Str. 23, BG-1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Department of Dendrology, University of Forestry, 10 Kliment Ochridsky Blvd., BG-1756 Sofia, Bulgaria

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The paper presents results of a syntaxonomic analysis of the herbaceous phytocoenoses on the salt steppes, meadows and marshes in Southeastern Bulgaria, and...

The Halophytic Vegetation in South-East Bulgaria and Along the Black Sea Coast

Published Online: Dec 22, 2008

Page range: 95 - 121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10028-008-0006-3

Keywords
halofitska vegetacija, sintaksonomija, slanišča, NATURA 2000, Bolgarija

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The Halophytic Vegetation in South-East Bulgaria and Along the Black Sea Coast

Published Online: Dec 22, 2008

Page range: 95 - 121

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10028-008-0006-3

Keywordshalofitska vegetacija, sintaksonomija, slanišča, NATURA 2000, Bolgarija

This content is open access.

Keywords
halofitska vegetacija, sintaksonomija, slanišča, NATURA 2000, Bolgarija