The present distribution and state of halophytic communities with Hordeum geniculatum in Slovakia

Dítě, Daniel

The present distribution and state of halophytic communities with Hordeum geniculatum in Slovakia / Daniel Dítě ... [et al.]. -- The paper provides information on the current occurrence of association Hordeetum hystricis Wendelbg. 1943 in Slovakia, where the community occurs at the northern border of its distribution range. The changes and vegetation state in the past and today are compared and discussed. The association is characterized by high cover of Hordeum geniculatum and is regarded as secondary community of relatively poorly salt-affected and nutrient rich solonetz soils. The occurrence of Hordeetum hystricis is related to intensively overgrazed sites in saline pastures. In Slovakia, the community was currently found near extinction and single locality was confirmed (Močenok, Siky farmstead). Due to the development trend and high dependence on sheep grazing the association is considered as critically endangered in Slovakia

In Thaiszia : Journal of Botany. -- Košice : Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika, 2011. -- ISSN 1210-0420. -- ISSN 2644-5441. -- Vol. 21, no. 1 (2011), pp. 11-20