In Europe, the genus
is represented with three species:
,
and
. The first two are endemic Balkan species that are distributed also in Kosovo. These species grow in limestone as well as serpentine ...substrates, forming chasmophytic vegetation. The species
is found in Macedonia, Greece, Serbia and in two localities in Kosovo, in the Sharri Mountains (Luboten and Gotovushë).
forms the following plant associations in the serpentines of Macedonia:
and
, and the
in limestone substrates.
is charateristic species in
,
,
and
. This paper presents plant communities of
and
in a limestone habitat, where the proposed new plant association named
ass. nova. is described. This plant community belongs to the class
, order
and alliance
. It was found and described on the limestone substrate on Mt. Luboteni (at 960–982 m a.s.l.).
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