Flora of High-Mountain Forests of Actru River Sources (Severo-Chuisky Range, Centralny Altay)

Abstract

High-altitudinal forests of Severo-Chuisky range have high biodiversity of vessel plants. The highest biodiversity are registered in old age Siberian stone pine forests. The article includes information of taxonomical, chorological and ecological structure of flora of high-altitudinal forests; information on coenoflora of old Siberian stone pine and younger Siberian larch forests, which was formed at the place of cinder-places and fluvioglatial scurf. Asian species are dominating in coenoflores. All coenoflores are noticeably isolated and enriched with psychrophit species.

Keywords

• forests
• coenoflora
• vessel plants
• Severo-Chuisky range