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Floristic analysis of the subnival-nival vegetation of Hindu Kush and Caucasus

July 2019

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Siegmar-W. Breckle

formerly Bielefeld University

National Academy of Sciences of Armenia

Ramazan Murtazaliev

This study provides an overview of the vertical distribution patterns and the chorology of vascular plant species that occur in the uppermost elevation zones in Caucasus and Hindu Kush. Both mountains are characterized by a subhumid, continental, but more or less seasonal dry climate. The subnival and nival vegetation zones are found in Caucasus at elevations above 3600 m a.s.l. in a rather fragmented distribution across various parts of high peaks of Greater and Smaller Caucasus. In Hindu Kush these vegetation zones are distinctly higher and exceed the 5000 m elevation.

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