Photos of the open vegetation types: (a) steppe (Kosh-Dobo, Kyrgyzstan), (b) salt marsh (Zoogvand, Tajikistan), (c) pseudosteppe (on the right site of the photo; Khoja Mumin Mt. near Vose, Tajikistan), (d) tall-forb community (near Rabot, Tajikistan), (e) mire near Jelondy (Tajikistan) and (f) overgrazing – one of the main human-driven threats to grasslands in Middle Asia leading to land degradation.
Part of: Świerszcz S, Swacha G, Raduła MW, Nowak S (2022) Distribution of graminoids in open habitats in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3: 273-286. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.95767