%0 Journal Article %T NEW ASPECTS OF THE ALPINE VEGETATION OF PAR NG MOUNTAINS (SOUTH CARPATHIANS) %A SIMON TIBOR %A P¨®CS TAM¨˘S %J Journal of Plant Development %D 2012 %I Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi %X 4 plant communities unknown in the the European syntaxonomy are described from the alpine and subalpine belts of Parang Mountains, based on vegetation studies of the authors during 1955¨C1960. These are: Arabis alpina-Saxifraga aizoides, Arabis alpina-Delphinium elatum, Dianthus tenuifolius-Festuca dalmatica and the Primula minima-Dryas octopetala communities. These communities could be described later as new associations in the possession of more relev¨¦s from different localities. The East and South Carpathian Doronico carpatici-Festucetum pictae association is distinguished under this new name from the Festucetum pictae Krajina described from the Tatra Mountains. 7 further associations are found as new to the Parang Mountains. %K phytocoenology %K alpine vegetation %K Parang Mountains %K Southern Carpathians %K Romania %U http://www.plant-journal.uaic.ro/docs/2012/11.pdf