Meadows of the Crimean Yaila

Abstract

A comparative analysis of the vegetation composition in the meadow steppe community and the meadow in the middle in a karst sinkhole was made. The appearance of the meadow, which is formed by its coenogenous elements, is contrasted with the steppe. The compositions of the elements in two neighboring coenoses are also not similar. Obviously, the examined communities have different genesis. These differences are due to environmental conditions of karst depression. Yaila meadows are here indigenous primary vegetation of azonal origin.