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Lawns, Pozzines and Meadows of High Mountains

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Vascular Plant Communities of Morocco

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Lawns, pozzines and meadows form a quite original landscapes in our high mountains where cold and very cold Semi-Arid and Sub-humid bioclimates are dominating. Despite their relative small areas, they are rich floristically and phytosociologically. Twenty three associations and/or groupements, six alliances, five orders and five classes:

  • Poetea bulbosae

    • Poetalia bulbosae

      • Potentillo maurae-Campanulion filicaulis

  • Nardetea strictae

    • Nardetalia strictae

      • Trifolion humilis

  • Mulgedio-Aconitetea

    • Adenostyletalia alliariae

      • Cirsion flavispinae

      • Eryngion variifolii

  • Scheuchzerio palustris-Caricetea fuscae

    • Caricetalia Fuscae

      • Caricion intricatae

  • Montio-Cardaminetea

    • Montio-Cardaminetalia

      • Cardamino-Montion

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  1. Department of Botany, Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

    Mohamed Sghir Taleb & Mohamed Fennane

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Taleb, M.S., Fennane, M. (2019). Lawns, Pozzines and Meadows of High Mountains. In: Vascular Plant Communities of Morocco. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93704-5_3

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