Meadow vegetation of the floodplains of the rivers Vychegda and Pechora. The order Molinietalia Koch 1926

G. S. Shushpannikova, S. M. Yamalov

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31111/vegrus/2013.22.86

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Syntaxonomic variety of the meadow vegetation of the order Molinietalia of the Vychegda and Pechora rivers’ floodplains (Komi Republic) presented by 2 unions, 6 associations, 7 subassociations and 9 variants, including 5 new associations. They are Bromopsido inermis–Alopecurietum pratensis, Bistorto majoris–Alopecuretum pratensis, Alopecuro pratensis–Calamagrostidetum purpureae, Alopecurо pratensis–Deschampsietum cespitosae, Filipendulo ulmariae–Deschampsietum cespitosae. Most plant associations are heterogeneous in floristic composition and they can be divided into 4 subassociations and 9 variants. The peculiarities of the floristic composition of the above mentioned associations, as well as their distribution and ecology are discussed. A comparison of plant communities of the Vychegda and Pechora river floodplains with communities described in other regions of the Eastern Europe and the Asian part of Russia was carried out.

Key words: syntaxonomy, floodplain, wet meadows, order Molinietalia, rivers of Vychegda and Pechora

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Shushpannikova G. S., Yamalov S. M. 2013. Meadow vegetation of the floodplains of the rivers Vychegda and Pechora. The order Molinietalia Koch 1926 // Vegetation of Russia. N 22. P. 86–105. https://doi.org/10.31111/vegrus/2013.22.86

Received April 25 2012