Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok III. - Natura Somogyiensis 12. (Kaposvár, 2008)

Salamon-Albert Éva-Horváth Ferenc: Vegetation of Külső-Somogy in Hungary II.

In the first map the three main associated habitat groups and uncharacteristic herb communities of wet grasslands are displayed as the most important non-woody habitats (Fig. 4). Regional distribution of wet grasslands is nearly continuous with some exception. Euhydrophyte habitats (A-group), marshes (B-group) or other non-woody wet habitats (OA and OB of O-group) are dominating nearly in case of the whole territory of Külső-Somogy. Habitat participation of'rich fens, eu- and mesotrophic meadows and tall herb communities' (D-group) is locally significant only in the middle and the Eastern part of the region. Presence of 'uncharacteristic non-woody habitat types' (OA and OB) is constant, their territorial proportion is relatively high in case of large, medium and small areal grassland extensions as well in the Northern and Western parts. In the Southern and Eastern parts of the region semi-natural grassland types - habitats of A-, Band D-groups - are dominant. By further detailed analysis of wet grasslands the marshes (Bla + Bib + B2 + B3 + B4 + B5 + B6 + BA habitat types) have the largest proportion in this associated habitat group (Fig. 5). Great extension and ration of eu- and mesotrophic reed and Typha beds' (Bla) is generally characteristic in grassland-rich land elements in the Northern and Western parts as well. Opposite to previous 'mosaic of marsh communities of channels, ditches and artificial lakes' (BA) is significant in the quadrats along the Kapos River in the South. Habitat of'non-tussock beds of large sedges' (B5) is manifested by heterogenous patches in any part of the region. Other further habitat types connected to B-group (Bib, B2, B3, B4, B6) have no significant contribution to spatial pattern of the marshes. As for special and relatively rare grassland habitat types and groups of 'dry and semidry grasslands' Külső-Somogy region is not too diverse according to them (Fig. 6). Pattern of these non-woody habitat types concentrates to the West-northern and SouthFig. 5: Territorial extension (circle diameter) and proportion (circle segment) of significant habitats of marshes from B-group in Külső-Somogy.