Subcontinental oak forest types in Slovakia

Jan Roleček, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Subcontinental oak forest types in Slovakia

Jan Roleček, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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Slovakia

Quercetum pubescenti-roboris

- dry oak forest on loess

- confined to warm lowlands and hills of southwest Slovakia

- tree layer: Quercus pubescens, Q. cerris, Q. robur

- dominants of herb layer: Brachypodium pinnatum, Festuca rupicola

- diagnostic species: Adonis vernalis, Phlomis tuberosa, Lavathera thuringiaca, Dictamnus albus, Inula salicina

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Quercetum pubescenti-roboris

- dry oak forest on loess

- confined to warm lowlands and hills of southwest Slovakia

- tree layer: Quercus pubescens, Q. cerris, Q. robur

- dominants of herb layer: Brachypodium pinnatum, Festuca rupicola

- diagnostic species: Adonis vernalis, Phlomis tuberosa, Lavathera thuringiaca, Dictamnus albus, Inula salicina

Convallario-Quercetum roboris

- dry-mesic oak forest on loess

- confined to warm lowlands of southwest Slovakia

- tree layer: Quercus cerris, Acer campestre, Q. robur, Q. petraea

- dominants of herb layer: Melica uniflora, Dictamnus albus, Buglossoides purpurocaerulea, Geum urbanum

- diagnostic species: Dictamnus albus, Polygonatum latifolium, Arum alpinum, Ulmus minor, Urtica dioica

Quercetum petraeae-cerris

- dry-mesic forest of turkey oak (Quercus cerris)

- confined to warm and dry lowlands and hills of southern Slovakia

- tree layer: Quercus cerris, Q. petraea

- dominants of herb layer: Poa angustifolia, P. nemoralis, Festuca rupicola

- diagnostic species: Quercus cerris, Vicia cassubica, Lychnis coronaria, Fragaria viridis

tertiary fine-grainedsediments (pannon)

volcanic rocks

(andezite, rhyolite)

loess loam& loess

Carici fritschii-Quercetum roboris

- dry-mesic oak forest on sand

- confined to Záhorská nížina lowland - a warm region of blown sands and gravel sand terraces

- tree layer: Quercus robur

- dominants of herb layer: Festuca ovina, Poa angustifolia, Molinia caerulea s. lat.

- diagnostic species: Carex fritschii, Iris variegata, Peucedanum oreoselinum, Pulmonaria angustifolia

Potentillo albae-Quercetum s.lat.

- dry-mesic oak forest of intermittently wet soils

- scattered in moderately warm regions of Slovakia

- tree layer: Quercus robur, Q. petraea

- dominants of herb layer: Carex montana, Poa nemoralis, Fragaria vesca

- diagnostic species: Frangula alnus, Selinum carvifolia, Deschampsia cespitosa, Betula pendula

tertiary fine- grained

sediments (carpathian flysh, pannon,

torton)

loess loam & loess

volcanic rocks

sand

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Corno-Quercetum

- diagnostic species: Sorbus torminalis, Viburnum lantana, Campanula rapunculoides, Glechoma hirsuta, Laser triloba, Waldsteinia geoides,

Sorbo torminalis-Quercetum

- diagnostic species: Galium schultesii, Digitalis grandiflora, Euphorbia polychroma, Genista tinctoria, Lychnis viscaria

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