Abstract

This paper summarizes the phytosociological characteristics of scree forests (Tilio tomentosaeFraxinetum orni) found in the Villany Hills, SW Hungary. The studied stands grow within the belt of oakhornbeam forests on northerly slopes covered with stony soil. They are under relatively strong sub-Mediterraneam climatic influence as attested by the occurrence of several Aremonio-Fagion and Quercion farnetto species : Asperula taurina, Doronicum orientale, Helleborus odorus, Lathyrus venetus, Lonicera caprifolium, Lunaria annua, Polystichum setiferum, Primula vulgaris, Rosa arvensis, Ruscus aculeatus, Ruscus hypoglossum, Scutellaria altissima, Tamus communis and Tilia tomentosa. The distribution of character species proportions is similar to that in the scree forests in the Mecsek Hills, with the exception of Quercetea pubescentispetraeae s.l. as well as Fagetalia and Tilio-Acerenion species that play a more and a less significant role, respectively. Syntaxonomically, this community is best assigned to the „Polysticho setiferi-Acerenion pseudoplatani Borhidi & Kevey 1996” suballiance.

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