VEGETATION ON ANTHROPOGENIC METALLIFEROUS SOILS IN THE EASTERN ALPS

A syntaxonomic revision of vegetation of anthropogenic metalliferous h abitats (mine spoils of lead, zinc and copper mining) in the Eastern A lps (Austria, Germany, Italy and Slovenia) was made. The communities s tudied belong to the Thlaspietea rotundifolii (Linaria alpina-Cerastiu m uniflorum comm., Papaveri kerneri-Thlaspietum kerneri, Violetum duby anae, Thlaspietum cepaeifolii, Thlaspietum rotundifolii, Scrophulario juratensis-Erysimetum sylvestris, Minuartia gerardii-Silene glareosa c omm., Epipactido atrorubentis-Silenetum glareosae and Sileno alpestris -Moehringietum muscosae) and to the Asplenietea trichomanis (Sileno ru pestris-Asplenietum). There is neither floristic support nor syntaxono mic justification for the concepts of the Galio anisophylli-Minuartion vernae, the Violetalia calaminariae and the Violetea calaminariae in the Eastern Alps. These units should be included within the Thlaspion rotundifolii, Thlaspietalia rotundifolii and Thlaspietea rotundifolii, respectively.