ECOLOGICAL AND PHYTOCENOTIC DESCRIPTIONOF THE ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA-SPHAGNUM RUBELLUM ASSOCIATION (RAISED BOG "BOLSHOY MOKH", BELARUS)
The phytocoenological description of the Andromeda polifolia-Sphagnum rubellum association is given according to the following scheme: association name, synonymy, species composition, syntaxonomy, synochrology and distribution in Belarus, ecology, morphology, protection and dynamics. There are 18 species of plants in the phytocoenological descriptions of communities which belong to this association in the raised bog “Bolshoy Mokh” (Rossony district, Vitebsk Region, Belarus), including 11 species of vascular plants, 6 of mosses, and one of liverworts. Dominant species are Rhynchospora alba, Andromeda polifolia, Drosera rotundi- folia, Sphagnum rubellum, and S. balticum. The communities including Sphagnum rubellum are located in lakeside habitats, hollows, and low hummocks. In the system of ecological coordinates of mire associations, the ecological center of the Andromeda polifolia-Sphagnum rubellum association is located between the communities of hummocks and hollows and it is ecologically isolated, which indicates the ecological individuality and independence of the syntaxon.