New data on halophytic vegetation in the Penza Region
Geobotanical studies were carried out in July 2020 in the Neverkinsky District of the Penza Region, on the site «Mansurovsky Solonets» with saline soils. Syntaxonomic analysis carried out from the standpoint of the J. Braun-Blanquet (1964) approach made it possible to establish 2 new associations and 2 new subassociations - ass. Puccinellio tenuissimae-Artemisietum nitrosae ass. nov. hoc loco, Puccinellio tenuissimae-Artemisietum nitrosae typicum subass. nov. hoc loco, subass. Puccinellio tenuissimae-Artemisietum nitrosae kochietosum prostratae subass. nov. hoc loco, ass. Stellario hippoctonae-Artemisietum nitrosae ass. nov. hoc loco. They are included in the alliance Plantagini salsae-Artemision santonici Lysenko et Mucina in Lysenko et al. 2011, order Artemisio santonicae-Limonietalia gmelinii Golub et Solomakha 1988 of the class Festuco-Puccinellietea Soó ex Vicherek 1973.