Moskalyuk T.A., Bezdeleva T.A..
Biomorphological analysis of parcellar structure in the oak forests of South Primorye
Year: 2013, Issue: LX, Pages: 116 - 181
Parcellar structure of secondary oak forests in the south of the Primorskii Territory is discussed as to the life forms of dominating species. Ecobiomorphs of Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica Fisch. ex Ledeb.) have proved to be highly diagnostic for the parcel delineation. Trends in herbaceous life forms in certain parcels have been analyzed in connection with topography. Dry and poorly developed soils in the upper parts of slopes are inhabited mostly by annual and cespitose perennial species, among them taproot and semi-rosette plants dominate. Lower-slope parcels are dominated by summer-green short- and long-rhizomatous polycarpics with elongated shoot, these are indicators of both soil improvement and the decline in light availability. Species of mixed coniferous-broadleaved forests with their typical life forms, such as tuberous and tuberous-stoloniferous spring-green ephemeroids, bulbiferous geophytes, and plants with tuberiform adventitious roots are present in a number of parcels within these topographic elements.