<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article describes two new tall herb communities in the Southeastern Alps, <italic>Centaureo julici-Laserpitietum sileris</italic> and <italic>Laserpitio sileri-Grafietum golakae.</italic> Both are long-term successional stages in the overgrowing of abandoned hay meadows in the altimontane and subalpine belt of the southern and southwestern Julian Alps (including the Julian Prealps), partly also the Carnic Alps, that have been abandoned for over 50 years. In the succession sere where the altimontane-subalpine Illyrian beech forest (<italic>Dentario pentaphylli-Fagetum, Ranunculo platanifolii-Fagetum, Polysticho lonchitis-Fagetum</italic>) is the potential natural vegetation on steep, sunny limestone (rarely dolomite) slopes, the species <italic>Laserpitium siler</italic> and (or) <italic>Grafia golaka</italic> act as inhibitors also due to their high allelopathic potential; in turn, spontaneous afforestation with spruce and some deciduous trees has been slow and gradual.</p></abstract>

The article describes two new tall herb communities in the Southeastern Alps, Centaureo julici-Laserpitietum sileris and Laserpitio sileri-Grafietum golakae. Both are long-term successional stages in the overgrowing of abandoned hay meadows in the altimontane and subalpine belt of the southern and southwestern Julian Alps (including the Julian Prealps), partly also the Carnic Alps, that have been abandoned for over 50 years. In the succession sere where the altimontane-subalpine Illyrian beech forest (Dentario pentaphylli-Fagetum, Ranunculo platanifolii-Fagetum, Polysticho lonchitis-Fagetum) is the potential natural vegetation on steep, sunny limestone (rarely dolomite) slopes, the species Laserpitium siler and (or) Grafia golaka act as inhibitors also due to their high allelopathic potential; in turn, spontaneous afforestation with spruce and some deciduous trees has been slow and gradual.

Two New Tall Herb Communities with the Dominant <italic>Laserpitium Siler</italic> and <italic>Grafia Golaka</italic> from the Se Alps (Ne Italy, W Slovenia)

Institute of Biology, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Regional unit Tolmin, Brunov drevored 13, SI-5220 Tolmin, Igor

Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste, via L. Giorgieri, 5 - Edificio Q (stanza 104, primo piano), I-34127 Trieste, Italia

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Two New Tall Herb Communities with the Dominant  and  from the Se Alps (Ne Italy, W Slovenia)

The article describes two new tall herb communities in the Southeastern Alps, Centaureo julici-Laserpitietum sileris and Laserpitio sileri-Grafietum golakae....

Two New Tall Herb Communities with the Dominant Laserpitium Siler and Grafia Golaka from the Se Alps (Ne Italy, W Slovenia)

Published Online: May 21, 2012

Page range: 47 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10028-012-0003-4

Keywords
sinsistematika, sindinamika, Julijske Alpe, Karnijske Alpe, Slovenija, Italija, Natura 2000

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