Petrophytic azonal and intrazonal vegetation on the territory of the State National Natural Park «Kulsai Lakes»

The studies were carried out on the territory of State National Natural Park «Kulsai Lakes», located northern macroslope Kungei Alatau ridge. main dominant species plant communities southern slopes mountains with bedrock outcrops at altitudes 1600-2000 m a. s. l. have been identified. These are shrubs - Juniperus sabina, Cotoneaster melanocarpus, Ephedra intermedia, Artemisia gmelinii. Dominants in herbal layer Ajania fastigiata, Allium caeruleum, carolinianum, tianschanicum, korolkowii, Dracocephalum ruyschiana, integrifolium., Galatella chromopappa, Ziziphora clinopodioides, Oxytropis merkensis, Thymus marschallianus, Scutellaria przewalskii, Leonthopodium fedtschenkoanum, Rosularia platyphylla, Sedum ewersii, hybridum, not often Rhinactinidia limoniifolia, Euphorbia pachyrrhyza. In shaded rocky areas near bed Taldy mountain river, ferns Asplenium trichomanes, Polypodium vulgare, Cystopteris fragilis and other lithophytes Saxifraga sibirica, Goodyera repens, Stellaria soongorica, Impatiens brachycentra. floodplain vegetation is dominated by tree shrub species: Populus laurifolia, Betula tianschanica, Salix caspica, Hippophae rhamnoides, Lonicera stenatha, Rosa beggeriana. Among herbaceous species, there only coastal aquatic mesophytes, but also hygrophytes: Mentha asiatica, interrupta, Equisetum ramosissium, Phragmites australis, Iris halophila, Polygonatum roseum, meadow such as Aegopodium podagraria, Poa pratensis, Agropiron Vicia cracca, Ligularia macrophylla.