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Acta Botanica Croatica, Vol. 79 No. 1, 2020.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.37427/botcro-2020-003

Coastal sand dune vegetation of Velika plaža (Montenegro)

Danijela Stešević orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-0115-7141 ; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, Džordža Vašingtona bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Filip Küzmič orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-7115 ; Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Biology, Novi Trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Đorđije Milanović ; Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka, S. Stepanovića 75a, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Milica Stanišić-Vujačić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-5711-8275 ; Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Montenegro, Džordža Vašingtona bb, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
Urban Šilc orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-3052-699X ; Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Biology, Novi Trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Abstract

Velika plaža (Ulcinj, Montenegro) is the largest sandy beach along the coast of the eastern Adriatic that still has well-developed sand-dune vegetation. Although the characterization of the flora and vegetation of Velika plaža has been addressed by many authors, knowledge on its vegetation remained poor. We made a phytosociological study of sand beach vegetation comprising both dunal and wetland areas to provide a comprehensive survey of sand dune vegetation and habitat typology of Velika plaža. Based on 149 relevés (both from literature and recent field work), and with numerical classification (Flexible beta) and ordination (Non-metric multidimensional scaling) our results show that the vegetation of Velika plaža is much more diverse than previously known. Altogether, 19 plant communities from 6 vegetation classes were identified. Among them we described two new associations: Cuscuto cesatianae-Phyletum nodiflorae and Onobrychido caput-galli-Vulpietum fasciculatae.

Keywords

classification; endangered; habitat types; plant communities; psammophytic; sandy beach; syntaxonomy

Hrčak ID:

233762

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/233762

Publication date:

1.4.2020.

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