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Table 12 Mountain hay meadow types, named by indicator species

From: Multidimensionality and scale in a landscape ethnoecological partitioning of a mountainous landscape (Gyimes, Eastern Carpathians, Romania)

Csángó habitat names

Botanical meaning, and English equivalents

imolás kaszáló

Manured hay meadow with the dominance of Trisetum flavescens and other tall grasses (hay meadow with tall grasses)

zableveles kaszáló

An area with grasses like Brachypodium pinnatum, Dactylis glomerata, and Festuca pratensis (having oat-leaved species)

vadlóherés kaszáló

Hay meadow at higher elevation with wild Trifolium spp. (hay meadow with clover)

báránylábas-bakcekás kaszáló

Hay meadow with a dominance of Salvia pratensis and Tragopogon orientale at low elevation (hay meadow with Salvia and Tragopogon)

bartacines kaszáló

An area with oversown Onobrychis viciifolia (hay meadow with Onobrychis)

kecskekapros kaszáló

Hay meadow with Laserpitium latifolium, a species difficult to mow (hay meadow with Laserpitium)

zsanikás kaszáló

Hay meadow with Alchemilla spp. at higher elevation (hay meadow with Alchemilla)

ördögbordás kaszáló

Hay meadow, degraded by Pteridium aquilinum (hay meadow with Pteridium)