Communities of the class Alnetea glutinosae in the Southern Ural region

The results of the syntaxonomy of vegetation of eutrophic forested mires of class Alnetea glutinosae in the Southern Urals are discussed. On the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan, four associations of black alder and downy birch paludified forests of the order Alnetalia glutinosae (including 2 new associations) and one association of paludified willow shrub communities of the order Salicetalia auritae are described. The abridged synoptic table of associations is given, the peculiarities of floristic composition and structure of communities are characterized. The distribution of the investigated communities in the territory of the Republic of Belarus is presented.