The succession of sand vegetation at the Lithuanian seacoast
The paper aims to define the autogenic succession of sand vegetation of the Baltic Sea coast of Lithuania. The succession sequence of plant communities situated in Lithuanian seacost, located in the direction from West to East, was created. The regularities of sand communities succession were reveal...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Lithuanian English |
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2006
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| Online Access: | http://lmavb.lvb.lt/LMAVB:ELABAPDB6220896&prefLang=en_US |
| Summary: | The paper aims to define the autogenic succession of sand vegetation of the Baltic Sea coast of Lithuania. The succession sequence of plant communities situated in Lithuanian seacost, located in the direction from West to East, was created. The regularities of sand communities succession were revealed. Only species (Ammophila arenaria, Honckenya peploides, Leymus arenarius, Calamagrostis epigejos) adapted to the growth on dry sand form short-lived thickets on seashore. The communities situated in different places of foredunes perform different functions. It was revealed that the edaphic climax of sand vegetation in Lithuanian seacost corresponds to Leymo-Ammophiletum arenariae, while climatic climax - to Querco-Piceetum communities. |
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