Wetland Vegetation in the Inner Fusch Valley (Fuscher Rotmoos and Käfertalmoor) (Hohe Tauem, Salzburg, Austria)

Die Arbeit behandelt die Vegetation des Fuscher Rotmooses, ein noch teilweise gut erhaltenes Talmoor in den Hohen Tauern. Es handelt sich um ein Kalk-Niedermoor, hauptsächlich Caricetum davallianae. Kleinräumig kommen Caricetum paniculatae, Caricetum rostratae, Caricetum nigrae, Scorpidio-Caricetum limosae, Eleocharitetum quinqueflorae und Cratoneuretum commutati vor. Das Auge ansprechende, schön blühende Blumen gibt es in großer Zahl (Orchideen, Mehlprimeln, Enziane), einige Arten gehören zu den gefährdeten Pflanzen in Österreich.The paper deals with the FUSCHER ROTMOOS, a calcareous fen in the innermost Fusch valley in the Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria. The vegetation mainly consists of fen plant communities such as Caricetum davallianae, Caricetum paniculatae, Caricetum rostratae and - less important - Caricetum nigrae and Eleocharitetum quinqueflorae. The fen plants are mixed up with alpine species such as Carex firma and Sesleria varia. The vegetation cover must be relatively young, because two peat layers enclosed in a sandy sediment at a depth of 42 and 75 cm contain pollen of cereals and meadow plants, while a deeper layer at 100 to 112 cm depth does not. This layer was deposited at a time with fairly natural environmental conditions. May be the intensive sedimentation of sand between the peat layers is due to human influence (clearcuttings in the subalpine region to gain grazing grounds for cattle).researchDFG, SUB Göttingen, DGM