2019 Ecosystem Transformation 2 (3), 32–46

The structure and dynamics of the vegetation of Gladkoe Mire in the upper reaches of the sinking Uzhla River (Vologda Region)

Kutenkov S.A., Philippov D.A.  

The purpose of this paper is to study the interaction of mire and river ecosystems affected by karst processes. The research was carried out in 2016 in the headwaters of the sinking Uzhla River in Gladkoe Mire (in the northwest of the Vologda Region). The composition of flore of the mire, comprising 149 species of higher plants, is described for the first time. We recorded 17 species that are protected and rare for the region, and two species (Hamatocaulis lapponicus and Warnstorfia tundrae) are recorded in the region for the first time. The vegetation in the central part is predominantly eutrophic herb-hypnum fen communities, along the river and mesoeutrophic forested mire communities at the mire margin. Based on the stratigraphy of peat deposits of five mire areas, it is shown that the formation of the river bed occurs on a pre­existing mire, leading to a reduction of fens and an increase in mire afforestation.

S. A. Kutenkov
Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the laboratory
Ul. Pushkinskaya 11, Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, 185610 Russia

PhD in Biology

D. A. Philippov
Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, leading research scientist
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region, 152742 Russia

PhD in Biology
philippov_d@mail.ru

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