METHODS OF DISSEMINATION FOR SILENE JAILENSIS N.I. RUBTZOV (CARYOPHYLLACEAE) - THE ENDEMIC PLANT OF THE MOUNTAIN CRIMEA
Methods of dissemination for Silene jailensis have been studied. The most effective method of dissemination for S. jailensis is balistochory, due to which the plants «inherit» the territory of their «mother» plants. Other methods such as anemochory and mirmecochory, provide the spreading of seeds on the short distances from their mother plants. These methods help S. jailensis plants to spread along the slopes'' edges and vertical surfaces. The main strategy for seed propagation and renewal of S. jailensis populations is holding of the growth areas in the vicinity of the mother plants.