Coastal vegetation of the “Birjučij Island” Spit in the Azov Sea, Ukraine

Dimitrij V. Dubyna 1 , Zdenka Neuhäuslová 2 & Jurij R. Šeljag-Sosonko 1

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine, Repina 2, 252001 Kiew, Ukraine
  2. Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-252 43 Průhonice, Czech Republic
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Abstract

Phytosociological and ecological conditions of white-dunes and seashore vegetation of the 'Birjučij Island' Spit (Azov Sea, Ukraine) are discussed. Among the syntaxa of the classes Cakileata maritimae, Honckenyo-Elymetea and Agropyretea pungentis, the following units were described: two new associations (Cakilo euxinae-Euphobietum peplidis with two new subassociations, and Cynancho acuti-Lepidietum latifolii), three new subassociations of the Elymo-Astrodaucetum littoralis and the ass. Tournefortietum sibiricae and Salsola soda-Leymus sabulosus comm.

Keywords

White dunes, seashore vegetation, phytosociology, ecology, 'Birjučij Island', Spit, Ukraine

How to cite

Dubyna D. V., Neuhäuslová Z., Šeljag-Sosonko J. R. (1994) Coastal vegetation of the “Birjučij Island” Spit in the Azov Sea, Ukraine. – Preslia 66: 193–216