Morphoadaptive Determination of Structural Diversity of Biomorphs of Salix L. Species in Southern Urals
I. A. GETMANETS
Chelyabinsk State University, 454001, Chelyabinsk, Bratyev Kashirinykh str., 129
Keywords: biomorphological adaptation, petrophytes, sphagnicolous plants, substrate, Southern Urals
Abstract
The stages of ontomorphogenesis of willows and development of their life forms in different ecological environments were described. The willows belonged to different ecological groups, which structural features served as indicators of habitats. It was shown that the diversity of biomorphs was due to the morphogenesis process with species-specific morphobiological adaptations of shoot systems. At the same time the unique, genetically determined «architectural unit» of genus Salix L., — a triaxial biannual shoot complex, that formed willow’s crown, was retained.
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