Plant species composition and vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain, Mongolia

The Kherlen Toono Mountain Natural Reserve has a unique natural formation that makes its flora and vegetation cover unique. This study aimed to prepare a species inventory of flora and conduct make visual assessments of the vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain. A total of 202 species belonging...

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Main Authors: Dariimaa Shagdar, Oyunchuluun Yadamsuren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X16300553
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description The Kherlen Toono Mountain Natural Reserve has a unique natural formation that makes its flora and vegetation cover unique. This study aimed to prepare a species inventory of flora and conduct make visual assessments of the vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain. A total of 202 species belonging to 115 genera, 46 families, and 4 phyla (Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta, Pinophyta, and Magnoliophyta) were recorded. During this study, a species [Vincetoxicum lanceolatum (Grubov) Grubov] was newly recorded in the vegetation of the Dundad Khalkh district. An endemic species, 7 subendemic species (4.9%), and 10 rare species (3.9%) were recorded in the study area, which comprised 8.9% of the total species. These species recordings indicated the unique flora of the Kherlen Toono Mountain region. Forb–khargana and needle grass–forb communities of 10 different communities were commonly recorded in the study area.
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spelling doaj.art-343d244570f7485ab17e1f9492fde8b62022-12-21T21:31:27ZengElsevierJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity2287-884X2017-03-0110113213610.1016/j.japb.2016.06.005Plant species composition and vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain, MongoliaDariimaa ShagdarOyunchuluun YadamsurenThe Kherlen Toono Mountain Natural Reserve has a unique natural formation that makes its flora and vegetation cover unique. This study aimed to prepare a species inventory of flora and conduct make visual assessments of the vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain. A total of 202 species belonging to 115 genera, 46 families, and 4 phyla (Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta, Pinophyta, and Magnoliophyta) were recorded. During this study, a species [Vincetoxicum lanceolatum (Grubov) Grubov] was newly recorded in the vegetation of the Dundad Khalkh district. An endemic species, 7 subendemic species (4.9%), and 10 rare species (3.9%) were recorded in the study area, which comprised 8.9% of the total species. These species recordings indicated the unique flora of the Kherlen Toono Mountain region. Forb–khargana and needle grass–forb communities of 10 different communities were commonly recorded in the study area.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X16300553Forb–khargana communityKherlen Toono MountainMongolianeedle grass–forb community
spellingShingle Dariimaa Shagdar
Oyunchuluun Yadamsuren
Plant species composition and vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain, Mongolia
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
Forb–khargana community
Kherlen Toono Mountain
Mongolia
needle grass–forb community
title Plant species composition and vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain, Mongolia
title_full Plant species composition and vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain, Mongolia
title_fullStr Plant species composition and vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain, Mongolia
title_full_unstemmed Plant species composition and vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain, Mongolia
title_short Plant species composition and vegetation cover of Kherlen Toono Mountain, Mongolia
title_sort plant species composition and vegetation cover of kherlen toono mountain mongolia
topic Forb–khargana community
Kherlen Toono Mountain
Mongolia
needle grass–forb community
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X16300553
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