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Mondró-halom kurgan (Hencida, East Hungary), a refugium of loess grassland vegetation

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2015-01-01
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Deák, B., Török, P., Tóthmérész, B., & Valkó, O. (2015). Mondró-halom kurgan (Hencida, East Hungary), a refugium of loess grassland vegetation. Kitaibelia, 20(1), 143-149. https://doi.org/10.17542/kit.20.143
Abstract

Fragments of the natural grassland vegetation are often preserved only in those areas which are inadequate for arable farming. In many cases kurgans hold the last remnants of dry grasslands in lowland areas, like the Great Hungarian Plain. They also have an essential role in preserving cultural and landscape values. Moreover, they harbour several rare plant and animal species. Our aim was to explore the vegetation of the Mondró-halom kurgan (Hencida, East Hungary). Altogether we found 74 vascular plant species in the loess grassland of the kurgan. Several rare species of the Bihari-sík region, such as Inula germanicaRanunculus illyricus and Rosa gallica were also detected. The steep slopes of the kurgan with various micro-sites and exposures supported a species-rich vegetation. Instead of its small area it harboured several forest steppic species and several steppic flora elements (Continental, Pontic-Mediterranean, Pontic, Pontic-Pannonic and Turanian).