TYPES OF HABITATS ON LIMESTONE AND SCHIST (METAMORPHIC CRYSTALLINE SCHISTS) GEOLOGICAL SUBSTRATUM IN LEAOTA MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN CARPATHIANS (ROMANIA)
MAGDALIN LEONARD DOROBĂŢ, CODRUŢA MIHAELA DOBRESCU University of Piteşti, Faculty of Science, Department of Natural Science, Târgu din Vale Street, No. 1, Romania, e-mail: coltanabe@yahoo.com; codrutza_dobrescu@yahoo.com
In this paper are described several types of habitats installed on two different types of geological substrate, crystalline and limestone shale, all of which are located in the Leaota Massif, in the Southern Carpathian, Romania. One of this tipe of habitat seems to be indifferent to the type of the geological substrate, being encountered on both limestones and crystalline shale, both in lithosol and stabilized or semistabilized scree. Other types of habitats are more selective, more demanding than the geological substrate.
