CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF ALBANIA, 5

Records of 63 vascular plant taxa are reported in this paper from Albania with notes about their known European and Balkan distribution. Altogether 51 of the discussed taxa are native in Albania, eight are aliens and four are absent from the country, but previously reported in error. Most of the records presented here are the fi rst mentions of the given taxa in Albania, with a few additional ones which though had some questionable or unvouchered reports but the first localised records are given here. Old-established nomenclatural misapprehensions are ascertained here based on own and latest published results

Subalpinski bukov gozd z dlakavim slečem (Polysticho lonchitis-Fagetum rhododendretosum hirsuti subass. nova) na Snežniku (Liburnijski kras, Dinaridi)

Subalpine beech stands with Hairy Alpenrose (Rhododendron hirsutum) were phytosociologically studied on Mt. Snežnik (Dinaric Mts). They thrived on stony and steep slopes of northern exposure. Comparisons with other subalpine Beech stands (Polysticho lonchitis-Fagetum s. lat.), Dinaric Fir-Beech stands with Hairy Alpenrose (Omphalodo-Fagetum s. lat. rhododendretosum hirsuti), and prealpine fir-beech stands with Hairy Alpenrose (Homogyno sylvestris-Fagetum s. lat. rhododendretosum hirsuti), stands of Hairy Alpenrose and Beech (Rhododendro hirsuti-Fagetum s. lat.), as well as Austrian subalpine beech stands (Saxifrago rotundifoliae-Fagetum s. lat.) showed their unique floristical composition due to ecological conditions, and thus distinct syntaxonomical position within the association Polysticho-Fagetum. Therefore, a new subassociation Polysticho-Fagetum rhododendretosum hirsuti subass. nova was described, and – as differential species for the subassociation – Rhododendron hirsutum, Rubus saxatilis, Rosa pendulina, and Clematis alpina were chosen.Prispevek podaja fitocenološko oznako subalpinskega bukovega gozda (Polysticho lonchitis-Fagetum) z dlakavim slečem (Rhododendron hirsutum) na Snežniku. Obravnavani sestoji uspevajo na kamnitih in/ali skalnatih ter strmih pobočjih severnih ekspozicij. Primerjave z ostalimi subalpinskimi bukovimi ter (jelovo-)bukovimi sestoji z dlakavim slečem (Omphalodo-Fagetum rhododendretosum hirsuti, Homogyno sylvestris rhododendretosum hirsuti, Rhododendro-Fagetum) ter subalpinskimi bukovji iz Avstrije (Saxifrago rotundifolii-Fagetum) so pokazale njihov poseben sintaksonomski položaj v okviru asociacije Polysticho-Fagetum. Zato smo te sestoje uvrstili v novo subasociacijo Polysticho-Fagetum rhododendretosum hirsuti subass. nova, za razlikovalnice pa izbrali vrste Rhododendron hirsutum, Rubus saxatilis, Rosa pendulina in Clematis alpina