Tilia-dominated calcicolous forests in the Czech Republic from a Central European perspective

CHYTRÝ, Milan and Jiří SÁDLO. Tilia-dominated calcicolous forests in the Czech Republic from a Central European perspective. Annali di Botanica. Rome, 1997, vol. 55, No 1, p. 105-126. ISSN 0365-0812.

Basic information

• Original name: Tilia-dominated calcicolous forests in the Czech Republic from a Central European perspective
• Authors: CHYTRÝ, Milan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Jiří SÁDLO.
• Edition: Annali di Botanica, Rome, 1997, 0365-0812.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
• Country of publisher: Italy
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/97:00003864
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: Phytosociology; Vegetation survey; Relict
• Tags: Phytosociology, Relict, Vegetation survey

Abstract

The Seslerio albicantis-Tilietum cordatae is described as a new association of the calcicolous forests in the Czech Republic. It includes species-rich Tilia cordata or T. platyphyllos dominated forests with a mixture of mesophilous forest species and thermophilous oak-forest species in the field layer, confined to shallow soils of the upper slopes. During the postglacial period, these forests probably developed from Sesleria albicans-grassland and Corylus avellana-scrub and preserved a number of relict species. Comparative analysis of selected literature data on Central European calcicolous forests dominated by Tilia species yielded 6 major floristically defined groups and a few communities of local importance. These groups include: (1) Asperulo taurinae-Tilietum of Swiss föhn valleys, (2) Aceri-Tilietum of central and southern Germany and NW Switzerland, (3) Aceri-Carpinetum aconitetosum vulpariae of the Czech Republic (nutrient-rich habitats), (4) Seslerio albicantis-Tilietum cordatae of the Czech Republic (nutrient-poor habitats), (5) Mercuriali-Tilietum of the Hungarian Central Range, (6) Tilio-Fraxinetum excelsioris of the Carpathian fringes in Hungary and Romania.