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Endangered sand vegetation on the island of Mljet (Southern Adriatic, Croatia) : coastal halo-psammophyte zonation and vegetation analysis

Rare and endangered coastal halo-psammophyte vegetation has been studied. The plant formations are developed on the deposits of siliceous sand on the south-east part of the island of Mljet. 34 vegetation releves (3x10m) were made at different distances from the sea. The releves were analysed using the middle-european phytosociological and standard statistical methods. Phytosociological analysis has shown that the studied vegetation belongs to the association Echinophoro-Elymetum farcti Gehu 1987. Also in this plant communiti are found many rare and endangered species of Croatian Flora included i the Red Data Book: Calystegia soldanella, Echinophora spinosa, Sporobolus pungens, Pancratium maritimum, Saccharum ravenae. Furtermore statistics has shown zonation and grouping of phytosociological releves in four grops depending on the distance from the sea.

psammo-halophytic vegetation; Croatia; Adriatic; island of Mljet

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