Petrophytic azonal and intrazonal vegetation on the territory of the State National Natural Park «Kulsai Lakes»

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Abstract

The studies were carried out on the territory of the State National Natural Park «Kulsai Lakes», located on the northern macroslope of the Kungei Alatau ridge. The main dominant species of plant communities on the southern slopes of mountains with bedrock outcrops at altitudes of 1600-2000 m a. s. l. have been identified. These are shrubs - Juniperus sabina, Cotoneaster melanocarpus, Ephedra intermedia, Artemisia gmelinii. Dominants in the herbal layer are Ajania fastigiata, Allium caeruleum, Allium carolinianum, Allium tianschanicum, Allium korolkowii, Dracocephalum ruyschiana, Dracocephalum integrifolium., Galatella chromopappa, Ziziphora clinopodioides, Oxytropis merkensis, Thymus marschallianus, Scutellaria przewalskii, Leonthopodium fedtschenkoanum, Rosularia platyphylla, Sedum ewersii, Sedum hybridum, not often - Rhinactinidia limoniifolia, Euphorbia pachyrrhyza. In shaded rocky areas near the bed of the Taldy mountain river, ferns Asplenium trichomanes, Polypodium vulgare, Cystopteris fragilis and other lithophytes - Allium tianschanicum, Saxifraga sibirica, Goodyera repens, Stellaria soongorica, Impatiens brachycentra. The floodplain vegetation is dominated by tree and shrub species: Populus laurifolia, Betula tianschanica, Salix caspica, Hippophae rhamnoides, Lonicera stenatha, Rosa beggeriana. Among herbaceous species, there are not only coastal aquatic mesophytes, but also hygrophytes: Mentha asiatica, Mentha interrupta, Equisetum ramosissium, Phragmites australis, Iris halophila, Polygonatum roseum, but also mountain meadow species such as Aegopodium podagraria, Poa pratensis, Agropiron repens, Vicia cracca, Ligularia macrophylla.