Production-ecological analysis of the broad-leaved forest ecosystems herb layer biomass in the Zalostinska vrchovina upland and Zamcisko (Western Slovakia)

The contribution is focused upon detail production-ecological analysis of the total herb layer biomass (aboveground-belowground-total) in the broad-leaved forest ecosystems of the Zalostinska vrchovina upland (the westernmost part of the Biele Karpaty Mts) and Zamcisko (the only forested part of the Chvojnicka pahorkatina hilly country). There were sampled all major vegetation types: Stellario-Alnetum, Hacquetio-Carpinetum, Caricipilosae-Carpinetum typicum, Carici-Carpinetum melicetosum uniflorae, Carici-Carpinetum type with Mercurialis perennis and Carici pilosae-Fagetum. Results (Table 1) are discussed and compared with those obtained from similar forest ecosystems of western Slovakia (Table 2).