B. Papp szerk.: Studia Botanica Hungarica 30-31. 1999-2000 (Budapest, 2000)

Szurdoki, Erzsébet, Tóth, Zoltán; Pelles, Gábor: The Sphagnum populations of the Zemplén Mts, NE Hungary

Peat accumulating fens of Komlóska and Kemence Valleys The most beautiful valleys of the Zemplén Mts are the Komlóska and Kemence Valleys, which have a Carpathian character in both their landscapes and floristical properties. Fens and montane alder forests (Carici brisoidi-Alnetum) are situated along the streams (JÁRAI-KOMLÓDI and SIMON 1971). The main plant association, characterising the peat accumulating fens, is Carici echinatae-Sphagnetum, which has eriophoretosum latifolii and molinetosum subassociations (VOJTKÓ and MARSCHALL 1995). The first Sphagnum specimens from these valleys were collected by Soó in 1938 (SOÓ 1938, BP), with the label containing a general location named "Kemence Valley, near Pálháza". These specimens were identified by BOROS as Sphagnum contortum and subbicolor" (recently accepted name: S. centrale). Vajda has also found Sphagna, first in Kemence Valley, and later in Komlóska Fig. 1. A = Map of Hungary. B = The map of the investigated area (drawn on the basis of Hungarian Tourist Map number 22) shows the distribution of the Sphagnum occurrences. Key: 1-19. Number of occurrences (see text), p = patak (stream), v = völgy (valley), h = hegy (hill or mountain), t = tető (hill or heights), b = bérc (hilltop).