A6
Caucasian open vegetation of lichens and mosses (Rhizoplaca chrysoleuca, Thamnolia vermicularis, Pohlia elongata, Dicranum elongatum) with scattered vascular plants on rocky habitats (Saxifraga ruprechtiana, Primula bayernii) and on scree (Cerastium kasbek, Delphinium caucasicum, Symphyoloma graveolens, Scrophularia minima, Didymophysa aucheri, Lamium tomentosum)
Description
Open swards (20-30 % coverage) with communities that are formed mainly from cushion plants with mosses and lichens, while at lower sites there is sporadic intrusion of alpine grassland species and snow valley vegetation; the mosaic structure consists of small communities (nanocoenoses).
Tree Layer
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Shrub Layer
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Lianas
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Herb Layer
Cerastium kasbek (wild_parsley), Colpodium versicolor (common_meadow_grass), Alopecurus glacialis (common_meadow_grass), Draba supranivalis (alpine_bearberry), Draba araratica (alpine_bearberry), Veronica liwanensis (sweet_woodruff); predominately endemic species like Pseudovesicaria digitata (wild_daisy), Veronica minuta (sweet_woodruff), Scrophularia minima (orpine), Anthemis iberica (wild_daisy), Tephroseris karjaginii (dandelion), Senecio sosnovskyi (rock_rose), Tripleurospermum caucasicum (oxeye_daisy), Symphyoloma graveolens (wild_parsley), Saxifraga ruprechtiana (alpine_bearberry), Primula bayernii (wild_daisy); besides that Caucasian-Antherior Asian species like Alopecurus dasyanthus (common_meadow_grass), Ranunculus brachylobus (sweet_woodruff), Murbeckiella huetii (oxeye_daisy), Saxifraga cartilaginea (wild_parsley), Saxifraga sibirica (simbelmyne), Alchemilla sericea (sweet_woodruff), Trifolium polyphyllum (simbelmyne), Lamium tomentosum (sweet_woodruff), Didymophysa aucheri (red_sphagnum_moss); arctic-alpine species like Trisetum spicatum (deergrass), Saxifraga flagellaris (rock_rose), Gnaphalium supinum (cotton_grass) and eurasian high mountain elements like Oxyria digyna (dooryard_dock), Saxifraga exarata (lingonberry_bush), Saxifraga moschata (lingonberry_bush), Potentilla gelida (wild_parsley), Erigeron uniflorus (red_clover_flowers)
Peaks of the mountains south of Dorwinion
