Electronic Supplementary Material S2 to Miehe et al. / Tangra Yumco: Alpine steppes: high montane communities around Targo Xian

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Electronic Supplementary Material S2 to Miehe et al. / Tangra Yumco:

Alpine steppes: high montane communities around Targo Xian

Cover estimates in per cent

Record number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Number of flowering species	18	27	24	24	20	28	22	18	15
Vegetation cover (%)	25	20	20	25	15	25	30	30	30
Stipa purpurea	1	2	1	10	5	1	+	+	4
Kobresia macrantha	5	.	+	+	.	1	3	10	3
Artemisia prattii	5	5	+	1	.	2	12	12	.
Heteropappus semiprostratus/ gouldii	.	1	+	1	.	+	+	+	.
Poa araratica ssp. psilolepis	.	+	+	+	.	1	+	1	.
Astragalus tribulifolius	.	r	r	r	.	+	1	.	1
Rhodiola smithii	+	+	.	+	.	+	.	+	.
Allium fasciculatum	.	1	+	r	.	r	+	+.	.
Pedicularis alaschanica	.	+	.	.	+	+	.	+	+
Oxytropis microphylla	.	.	+	+	+	.	+	.	+
Lasiocaryum munroi	+	+	+	+	.	.	.	.	.
Saussurea leontodontoides	+	+	.	+	+	.	.	.	.
Potentilla bifurca s.l.	+	.	+	.	1	.	.	6	.
Cryptothladia kokonorica	.	1	3	.	.	2	+	.	.
Dracocephalum heterophyllum	.	1	+	.	1	.	+	.	.
Leontopodium pusillum/ nanum	.	+	4	+	+	.	.	.	.
Swertia hispidicalyx	.	+	+	+	.	2	.	.	.
Kobresia stolonifera	.	+	.	+	.	1	1	.	.
Elymus schrenkianus	.	+	.	.	.	.	1	+	1
Chenopodium nepalense	.	r	.	.	.	r	1	+	.
Pennisetum flaccidum	.	.	1	.	.	3	1	+	.
Sinochasea trigyna	1	1	.	+	.	.	.	.	.
Carex montis-everestii	+	+	.	+	.	.	.	.	.
Artemisia younghusbandii	+	.	.	.	+	.	.	+	.
Arenaria bryophylla	3	.	.	+	.	.	.	.	.
Anaphalis xylorhiza	1	+	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Incarvillea younghusbandii	.	1	r	1	.	.	.	.	.
Androsace tapete	.	+	+	.	1	.	.	.	.
Chamaerhodos sabulosa	.	r	r	+	.	.	.	.	.
Oxytropis williamsii	.	+	r	.	.	.	.	.	.
Heracleum millefolium v. millefolium	.	+	.	+	.	.	.	.	.
Youngia simulatrix	.	.	+	.	+	.	.	.	.
Phlomis younghusbandii	.	1	.	.	.	+	+	.	.
Thermopsis lanceolata	.	.	+	.	.	+	4	.	.
Stipa koelzii	.	.	+	.	.	.	.	+	.
Oxytropis tatarica	.	.	.	2	.	.	+	.	.
Stipa subsessiliflora	.	.	.	+	1	.	.	.	.
Artemisia stricta	.	.	.	+	.	.	.	+	.
Elymus nutans	.	.	.	.	1	1	.	.	.
Poa attenuata v. dahurica	.	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	2
Astragalus strictus	.	.	.	.	+	.	.	+	.
Dracocephalum tanguticum	.	.	.	.	.	3	.	.	1
Stellera chamaejasme	.	.	.	.	.	2	+	.	.
Poa albertii ssp. albertii	.	.	.	.	.	+	.	.	1
Euphorbia sp. indet. (03-088-17)	.	.	.	.	.	.	+	.	+
Piptatherum laterale	.	.	.	.	.	1	+	.	2
Onosma hookeri	.	.	.	.	.	+	1	.	1

Coloured species : common grazing indicators in upper montane replacement communities of juniper scrub and forest in the Yarlung Tsangbo catchment.

Cover of other species in records 1 to 9:
Kobresia littledalei 1: 2; Poa albertii ssp. poophagorum 1: 1; Cortiella caespitosa 1: +; Androsace graminifolia 1: +; Poa glauca x hylobates 1: +; Potentilla saundersiana 1: +; Kobresia robusta 2: +; Saussurea andryaloides 3: 5; Salsola monoptera 3: +; Kobresia prainii 4: 2; Carex moorcroftii 5: 5; Lomatogonium brachyantherum 5: 1; Leymus secalinus v. tenuis 5: +; Lagotis brachystachya 5: +; Gentiana prostrata v. karelinii 5: +; Trisetum spicatum ssp. spicatum 5: +; Silene caespitella 6: +; Tanacetum tatsienense 6: +; Allium przewalskianum 6: +; Poa asperifolia 6: +; Viola kunawurensis 6: r; Delphinium caeruleum 6: r; Dontostemon glandulosus 7: +; Orinus thoroldii 8: +; Sibbaldianthe adpressa 8: +; Delphinium gyalanum 9: 8; Silene gonosperma s.l. 9: 1; Astragalus monbeigii 9: 1; Polygonum tortuosum 9: +.

Location of the records:
1: 2° exposed alpine steppe on sandy pediment, herb layer 25%, 4770m a.s.l., 29°24'N/ 85°33'E

2: Level forb-rich steppe on lake terrace, herb layer 20%, 4646m a.s.l., 30°43'N/ 86°35'E

3: 3° exposed forb-rich steppe on lake terrace, herb layer 20%, 4613m a.s.l., 30°43'N/ 86°35'E

4: Level alpine steppe on deflation ground of lake terrace, herb layer 25%, 4750m a.s.l., 30°35'N/ 86°30'E

5: Level Carex moorcroftii-Stipa purpurea steppe on clayey lake sediments, herb layer 15%, 4644m a.s.l., 30°38'N/ 86°36'E

6: 35° exposed forb-rich steppe on S-facing limestone scree, herb layer 25%, 4775m a.s.l., 30°34'N/ 86°40'E

7: 30° exposed forb-rich steppe on SW-facing scree, herb layer 30%, 4765m a.s.l., 30°35'N/ 86°39'E

8: Level Carex-Artemisia steppe pasture on lake terrace, herb layer 30%, 4590m a.s.l., 30°43'N/ 86°35'E

9: 34° exposed forb-rich steppe on SSW-facing scree, herb layer 30%, 4775m a.s.l., 30°35'N/ 86°39'E

Electronic Supplementary Material S2 to Miehe et al. / Tangra Yumco: Alpine steppes: high montane communities around Targo Xian

Electronic Supplementary Material S2 to Miehe et al. / Tangra Yumco:

Alpine steppes: high montane communities around Targo Xian

Cryptothladia kokonorica

Pennisetum flaccidum

Phlomis younghusbandii

Thermopsis lanceolata

Dracocephalum tanguticum

Onosma hookeri