Open AccessAn Asphodelus ramosus dominated plant community in Montenegro
Author(s) -
Milica StanišićVujačić,
Danijela Stešević,
Sead Hadžiablahović,
Danka Caković,
Urban Šilc
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
acta botanica croatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.284
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1847-8476
pISSN - 0365-0588
DOI - 10.37427/botcro-2022-027
Subject(s) - montenegro , phytosociology , vegetation (pathology) , geography , plant community , grassland , ecology , biology , ecological succession , medicine , pathology , regional science
Ourphytosociological study in Montenegro (Ćemovsko polje) deals with thesyntaxonomy of arid grasslands in the Adriatic region and, in particular,different interpretations of plant communities dominated by Asphodelus ramosus . The main aims ofthis study were to contribute to knowledge of thecomposition of dry grasslands dominated by Asphodelusramosus in Montenegro and to compare instances of Asphodelus ramosus dominated vegetation along the Adriatic. Ourvegetation dataset included 82 phytosociological relevés: 17 from our recentfield work and 72 relevés of South European Asphodelusramosus communities. Ordination analysis (NMDS) was used for comparison of Asphodelus ramosus dominated communitiesin the Adriatic region. The Asphodelusramosus community from Montenegro was classified into Bromo erecti-Chrysopogonetum grylli . The analysis revealed two distinct vegetation groups: grasslandcommunities of the vegetation class Festuco-Brometea from Montenegro, Croatia and Albania, and edge vegetation of the new class Charybdido pancratii-Asphodeletea ramosi from Italy. Comparison with similar vegetation types shows high similarity withassociations on the eastern Adriatic coast, where they are treated as grasslandcommunities belonging to the alliance Chrysopogonogrylli-Koelerion splendentis , order Scorzoneretalia villosae ,class Festuco - Brometea .