LICHENS FROM THE ZEMPLINSKE VRCHY MTS AND PHYSCIA LEPTAEEA NEW TO SLOVAKIA

摘要

Zemplmske vrchy Mts (Western Carpathians, SE Slovakia) are small volcanic mountains with an area of 103 km2 located in southeastern Slovakia as a western part of the Eastern Slovakian Lowland (Fig. 1). It represents one of the oldest volcanic mountains, composed of Palaeozoic-Mesozoic and partly neovolcanic rocks. The highest elevation point is Rozhl’adna hill (470 m a.s.l.). Forests cover approximately 39% of the territory. The oak-hornbeam forests with xeric and thermophilic species are the most predominant, however the beech and black locust forests represented in minority are also present. The secondary xerothermous pastures, grassland vegetation and the small quarries were formed by human activities on the periphery of the mountains (Fusan 1972, Futak 1972, Martonfi 2014, Mraz et al. 2016). On the southern and southwestern slopes vineyards are located, which have been known as "Tokajska vinohradnfcka oblast" ("Slovakian or smaller Tokaj wine region").From geomorphological division of Slovakia, it belongs to the Inner Western Carpathians (Mazur and Luknis 1986), from phytogeographical point of view to the area of Pannonian flora region (Pannonicum) and phytogeographical district Eastern Slovakian Lowland (Futak 1984).