Trichophorum cespitosum (Cyperaceae) and its communities in the mires of the Leningrad Region

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Based on the materials of the mires expeditionary team of the BIN RAS, an overview of the plant communities of Trichophorum cespitosum found in the mires of the Leningrad Region is given. Their distribution over the region is shown, as well as their regional specificity which is manifested in various habitats occupied by the communities, and variation of the species dominating in the moss layer in the west-east trend. The classification of Trichophorum cespitosum communities by methods of Russian and European-floristic schools has been carried out. Trichophorum cespitosum grows on various forms of microrelief: ridges, carpets, and hollows. Accordingly, it dominates or represents a part of various plant communities. In terms of floristic syntaxonomy, its communities are included in two classes, Oxycocco-Sphagnetea and Scheuchzerio-Caricetea nigrae. In communities of the first class, the participation of Trichophorum cespitosum is insignificant and is not specified in the names of associations. The species has its ecological optimum in the conditions of moss hollows and carpets, in communities of the order Scheuchzerietalia palustris belonging to the association Eriophoro–Trichophoretum cespitosi. In the studied region, the communities of Trichophorum cespitosum are located on the eastern and southern borders of their distribution range, and belong to different subassociations, some of which are common in the mires of Scandinavia, some in the mires of the northern half of European Russia. Communities with Trichophorum cespitosum are found in the region mainly in oligotrophic bogs, rarely they are described in mesotrophic fens.

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V. A. Smagin

V. L. Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, 2, Professor Popov St., Saint Petersburg, 197022

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