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Vegetation zonation in dune slacks on the Leba Bar, Polish Baltic Sea coast
Author(s) -
Zoladeski Christopher A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of vegetation science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1654-1103
pISSN - 1100-9233
DOI - 10.2307/3235958
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , sand dune stabilization , habitat , ridge , geology , plant community , lichen , tree line , ecology , physical geography , oceanography , geography , geomorphology , paleontology , species richness , biology , medicine , pathology , climate change
Vegetation zones in dune slacks on the Leba Bar on the Polish Baltic Sea coast are described. Plant colonization starts on moist sand in eastern ends of slacks, in the wake of receding mobile dunes. Communities on deflation ribs, dominated by psammophytic grasses, sedges and lichens, are structurally simple. Communities in troughs, dominated by species of fresh habitats, become structurally more complex in a western direction and they culminate with the Pinus silvestris forest. The main lines of vegetation variation correlate with groundwa‐ter depth, micro topography, soil profile build‐up and substrate acidification.