Vegetation of the Czech Republic
Association THH01
Trifolio alpestris-Geranietum sanguinei Müller 1962
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This community is dominated by the clonal herb Geranium sanguineum, accompanied by other broad-leaved thermophilous herbs. It is found in warm, dry areas such as northern and central Bohemia and southern Moravia, usually on steep, south-facing slopes. The soils supporting this vegetation type are mostly shallow, developed over limestone, marlstone and basalt, occasionally also over base-poor siliceous bedrock. At many sites the Geranium sanguineum stands occur in partial shade. At some sites it is the natural vegetation on the forest-steppe ecotone, but occurrences along the anthropogenic forest-steppe interface seem to be more common.
Nomen inversum propositum
Nomen conservandum propositum (versus Pruno fruticosae-Peucedanetum cervariae Kozłowska 1928)
Orig. (Müller 1962): Geranio-Trifolietum alpestris Th. Müller 61 (Geranium sanguineum)
Syn.: Pruno fruticosae-Peucedanetum cervariae Kozłowska 1928 (potenciálně správné jméno), Geranio-Trifolietum alpestris Müller 1961 (§ 2b, nomen nudum)
Diagnostic species: Geranium sanguineum
Constant species: Brachypodium pinnatum, Euphorbia cyparissias, Geranium sanguineum, Hypericum perforatum
Dominant species: Brachypodium pinnatum, Geranium sanguineum
Formal definition: Geranium sanguineum cover > 25 %
Source: Hoffmann A. (2007): THH01 Trifolio alpestris-Geranietum sanguinei Müller 1962. In: Chytrý M. (ed.), Vegetace České republiky. 1. Travinná a keříčková vegetace [Vegetation of the Czech Republic. 1. Grassland and Heathland Vegetation]. Academia, Praha, pp. 459-461.