Typological diversity of stone-birch forests in the south of the Koryak Upland (Kamchatka Territory)
https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2025.252.80-105
Abstract
The typological characteristics of the stone birch forests (from Betula ermanii) of the south of the Koryak Highlands (Kamchatka Territory) located on the northern border of the range are given. The characteristic of the floral composition and structure of communities, habitat conditions and features of geographical distribution is given. The classification of biogeocenoses was carried out simultaneously on the basis of vegetation and soils; the characteristics of the organic and organo-mineral horizons of the soil, dominant species and indicator species were taken into account. In the study area, the typological diversity of stone birch forests is represented by 10 associations and 3 types of forests: Betuletum ermanii pinosum pumilae (stone birch forest with creeping cedar) Betuletum ermanii calamagrostidoso-alnosum fruticosae (stone birch forest with creeping alder), and Betuletum ermanii dryopteridosum (stone birch forest with fern). The stone birch forests of the Koryak Highlands differ from their Kamchatka counterparts in their depleted floral composition and significant development of the shrub layer with a predominance of large creeping shrubs.
About the Authors
V. Yu. NeshataevRussian Federation
NESHATAEV Vasily Yu. – DSc. (Biological), Professor of the Department of Botany and Dendrology
194021. Institutsky per. 5. St. Petersburg
K. I. Skvortsov
Russian Federation
SKVORTSOV Konstantin I. – Junior Researcher of the Laboratory of Vegetation Science
197022. Professor Popov str. 2. St. Petersburg
M. E. Nikchemny
Russian Federation
NIKCHEMNY Maxim E. – Senior Laboratory Assistant, of the Laboratory of Vegetation Science
197022. Professor Popov str. 2. St. Petersburg
V. Yu. Neshataeva
Russian Federation
NESHATAEVA Valentina Yu. – DSc. (Biological), Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Vegetation Science
197022. Professor Popov str. 2. St. Petersburg
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For citations:
Neshataev V.Yu., Skvortsov K.I., Nikchemny M.E., Neshataeva V.Yu. Typological diversity of stone-birch forests in the south of the Koryak Upland (Kamchatka Territory). Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii. 2025;(252):80-105. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2025.252.80-105