Rodica Varban

BIOLOGICAL, ECOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL INDICATORS OF GRASSLAND FLORA FROM AGHIRESU AREA, CLUJ DISTRICT

Within floristical and geobotanical studies in Aghires area, Transylvania - Cluj district, Romania, beside the phytocenological research, typological studies concerning the grassland communities of the Aghires have also pursued. During these typological characteristics and the dominant species have especially been considered. Relying upon these findings three local grassland types and seven local variants has been established: 1. The Festuca pratense - Agrostis stolonifera type, with the following variants: a - typical; b - with Deschampsia caespitose. 2. The Agrostis tenuis - Festuca rubra type, with the variants: a - typical; b - with Euphorbia cyparissias and Hieracium pilosella; c - with Nardus stricta. 3. The Bothriochloa ischaemum - Festuca rupicola type, with two variants: a - typical; b - with Astragalus onobrychis and Brachypodium pinnatum.