Koroleva, N.E.
& E.A. Borovichev. Rare plant communities with abundance of Sauteria alpina (Nees) Nees in the arctic tundra
of Svalbard
Arctoa
(2014) 23: 5-10. doi:
10.15298/arctoa.23.02
Rare plant
communities with dominance of Sauteria alpina in arctic tundra in Svalbard are described and
compared with those in the late snow-beds in Scandinavian Mountains. Plant
communities occur in similar habitats, have similar appearance, but differ in
species composition, alpha diversity and syntaxonomy.
Svalbard’ communities are related to the community type Saxifraga
oppositifolia–Sauteria
alpina, meanwhile Scandinavian calciphytic late snow-bed ones belong to Sauteria alpina–var.
of the association Distichio capillacei–Saxifragetum oppositifoliae ass. nov. Both syntaxa belong to
the alliance Saxifragî–Ranunculion nivalis Nordh. 1943 em. Dierßen
1984.