Low mountain tall herb communities of Altai-Sayan mountain region

Low mountain tall herb communities of Altai-Sayan mountain region have been described in the framework of 4 associations of the alliance Cacalio hastatae-Aconition septentrionalis Ermakov 2003: ass. Calamagrostio obtusatae-Aconitetum septentrionalis Ermakov 2003, Aegopodio podagrariae-Cirsietum heterophylli Ermakov 2003, Polemonio coerulei-Brachypodietum pinnati Lashchinsky 2002, Brachypodiopinnati-Cacalietosum hastatae Lashchinsky 2008. The article specifies the diagnostic species, main dominant lists, describes successional relationships, and establishes the areas of associations. The area of the alliance is characterized