Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok IV. - Natura Somogyiensis 15. / Miscellanea 4. (Kaposvár, 2009)

Ortmanné Ajkai Andrienne - Horváth Ferenc: Külső-Somogytól a Mecsekig: DNX Magyarország három dombvidékének vegetációja

Ortmann-né Ajkai A. & Horváth F.: From Külső-Somogy to Mecsek Hills 21

■ all types 0 forest types □ non-forest types

Fig. 4: Habitat types occurring in the regions (% of all MÉTA types)

fishponds. Non-tussock large sedge beds (B5) are most widespread natural and seminatural habitats of valley bottoms, covering 245 hectares, mostly in Völgység (170 ha). (Fig. 3.)

Grassland habitats

Grassland habitats are basically divided into two groups: dry and semi-dry grasslands of hillsides (H group) and wet and mesotrophic ones (D, E). Distribution of these two groups fits to the SW-NE climatic gradient. Wet and mesotrophic meadows are more widespread in the hornbeam-oak vegetational zone, and their relative cover is also higher in deforested areas, due to hay meadows of valley bottoms, where tillage is constrained by frequent water coverage in springs - often they represent last remnants of near-natural vegetation here. Pastures with trees (P45), found only in Baranyai-hegyhát, in abandoned state, are shown separately due to their outstanding landscape and historical values (Fig. 6).

■ Baranyai-H И Völgység □ Tolnai-H

Fig. 5: Area of habitat groups in the three regions (ha)