Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns

Botanical Studies

Table 3 Discriminant species for each syntaxon distinguished in the Southern Carpathians within the context of all studied ultramafic grasslands (only species with significant Phi coefficients larger than 0.75 are listed)

Syntaxa discriminated/Species names	Phi	p-value
*Plantago serpentinae–Armerietum halleri*
Plantago serpentina	0.921	0.0001
Potentilla cinerea subsp. tommasiniana	0.893	0.0001
*Asplenio serpentini–Achnatheretum calamagrostis*
Alyssum petraeum	0.821	0.0001
Asplenium serpentini	0.803	0.0001
*Sileno saxifragae–Plantaginetum holostei*
Silene saxifraga	0.883	0.0001
Festuca saxatilis	0.883	0.0001
Pilosella rhodopea	0.756	0.0001
Luzula luzuloides	0.756	0.0001
Silene lerchenfeldiana	0.756	0.0001
*Minuartio frutescentis–Plantaginetum holostei*
Anthemis cretica subsp. kitaibelii	0.821	0.0001
Minuartia hirsuta subsp. frutescens	0.817	0.0001