Successional stages in the development of forest vegetation in cirques of two valleys in the Julian Alps (NW Slovenia)
We investigated different types of vegetation in cirques of two valleys in the Julian Alps, Zadnjica and Kot, which develop on slope screes and are heavily influenced by avalanches that occur here every year. Our phytosociological analysis identified the following shrub-forest developmental stages: Saliceteum eleagno-purpureae hieracietosum porrifolii var. Achnatherum calamagrostis, Homogyno sylvestris-Salicetum glabrae, Polysticho lonchitis-Rhamnetum fallacis, Rhododendro hirsuti-Laburnetum alpini, Rhodothamno-Laricetum deciduae anemonetosum trifoliae and Rhododendro hirsuti-Fagetum sylvaticae var. Sorbus chamaemespilus. On unconsolidated fluvio-glacial deposits in the Kot Valley we
determined the following successional stages: Salicetum eleagno-purpurae hieracietosum porrifolii var. Pinus mugo, Amelanchiero ovalis-Pinetum mugo laricetosum and Rhododendro hirsuti-Fagetum sylvaticae petasitetosum paradoxi.
Source
Digitalna knjižnica Slovenije, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti
Type
Original scientific article
Keywords
Phytosociology, succession, glacial valley, Julian Alps, Natura 2000, Triglav National Park, Slovenia
Območja
Triglav National Park