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Constant species: Agrostis capillaris, Achillea millefolium agg., Alchemilla spec. div., Anthoxanthum
odoratum, Briza media, Campanula serrata, Carlina acaulis, Cruciata glabra, Dactylis glomerata,
Dianthus carthusianorum, Festuca rubra, Hypericum maculatum, Leontodon hispidus, Leucanthemum
vulgare, Lotus corniculatus, Luzula luzuloides, Plantago lanceolata, Ranunculus acris, Ranunculus
polyanthemos, Thymus pulegioides, Veronica chamaedrys, Veronica officinalis.
Dominant species: Festuca rubra.
This community is distributed mainly at higher altitudes, while at lower altitudes it is
restricted to cooler microhabitats on north-, west- or east-facing slopes. In the study region,
it occurs at the lower altitudinal limit of its overall distribution (UJHÁZY & KLIMENT 2007),
and thus the stands are not typically developed. It grows on limestones and quaternary sediments.
The stands are closed, with well-developed moss layers, and moderately to very
species-rich. Most localities occur in the Starohorské vrchy Mts. and Veľká Fatra Mts. (Fig.
12A), where they inhabit slopes and the upper parts of the higher mountains including the
downhill courses.
3.2.2. Wetland communities
(Table 1: 16–23, Table 4, Figs. 2, 13B, 13C, 15 and 16)
Class Molinio-Arrhenatheretea
Alliance Deschampsion cespitosae
Association Poo trivialis-Alopecuretum pratensis
Number of relevés: 1
Table 1: 18, Table 4, relevé 3, Fig. 13C (black circle).
In the study region, the alluvial plains were mostly transformed into arable land, and
thus the alluvial meadows became very rare. In our data set, they are represented by a single
relevé recorded near the village Pršany in the Kremnické vrchy Mts. (Fig. 13C). The stand
was dominated by Alopecurus pratensis with high cover of Poa pratensis agg., Dactylis
glomerata and Ranunculus acris. This type of meadow is rather species-poor, but highly productive.
In Slovakia, it is common in regularly flooded nutrient-rich sites (HÁJKOVÁ 2007b).
Alliance Calthion palustris
Number of relevés: 21.
Diagnostic species: Caltha palustris, Carex echinata, Carex flava, Carex hirta, Carex nigra, Carex ovalis,
Carex panicea, Carex paniculata, Cirsium rivulare, Crepis paludosa, Dactylorhiza majalis, Equisetum
arvense, Ficaria bulbifera, Filipendula ulmaria, Galium aparine, Galium palustre, Galium rivale, Juncus
effusus, Lathyrus pratensis, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Lysimachia nummularia, Mentha longifolia, Myosotis
scorpioides agg., Poa trivialis, Ranunculus repens, Rumex obtusifolius, Scirpus sylvaticus, Urtica dioica.
Constant species: Festuca pratensis, Lathyrus pratensis, Lysimachia nummularia, Myosotis scorpioides
agg., Ranunculus acris.
Dominant species: Carex paniculata, Filipendula ulmaria, Mentha longifolia, Scirpus sylvaticus.
This alliance comprises the majority of the wetland stands in the study region. Although
they usually contain a basic set of diagnostic species of the alliance (Caltha palustris, Cirsium
rivulare, Crepis paludosa, Equisetum palustre, Lathyrus pratensis, Mentha longifolia,
Myosotis scorpioides agg., Poa trivialis, Ranunculus repens, Scirpus sylvaticus, etc., Fig. 16),
the other species present indicate the transition to other wetland syntaxa. A large group of
relevés represents a transition to fen meadows of the Caricion davallianae alliance. The
stands of the Calthion palustris inhabit mostly non-calcareous habitats with a higher content
of nutrients (Fig. 15).
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