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The vegetation of the Nerio-Tamaricetea Br.-Bl. et O. de Bolòs 1958 along the eastern Adriatic coast, NE Mediterranean

Nerio-Tamaricetea described by Braun-Blanquet and de Bolòs (1958) includes dwarf woodlands, scrubs and tall grass communities developing on initial soils of river beds, creeks and temporary pools of fresh, brackish or saline water, without running water during long periods of the year. According to Mucina et al. (2016), one order, Tamaricetalia africanae, and six alliances have been distinguished in the Mediterranean region: Tamaricion africanae, Tamaricion boveano-canariensis, Rubo ulmifolii- Nerion oleandri, Securinegion buxifoliae, Rubo sancti-Nerion oleandri and Tamaricion dalmaticae. The latter two belong to E Mediterranean group of alliances. The Tamaricion dalmaticae alliance was described for thermo- and meso-Mediterranean belts on the eastern Adriatic coast: in Croatia, Montenegro and Albania (Jasprica et al. 2016). Associations of this alliance mostly appear under the halophytic conditions. Along other characteristics, this makes the Tamaricion dalmaticae alliance analogous to the W Mediterranean Tamaricion africanae. The aim of this study is to classify and describe all plant communities of the Nerio- Tamaricetea covering the entire eastern Adriatic coast and islands from north Croatia to south Albania, and to relate their species composition, chorotypes and life forms to environmental factors using Pignatti ecological indicator values. For each association, a brief description of its syntaxonomic and nomenclatural vicissitudes, the holotypus, locus classicus, distribution range, diagnostic, frequent and dominant taxa were reported. The analysis are based on relevés already published in phytosociological literature and own relevés collected in the period between 2008 and 2018.

vegetation, syntaxonomy, Tamaricetalia africanae, Tamaricion dalmaticae, eastern Adratic

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