scholarly journals Ecological-climatic characteristics of the flora of a floodplain landscape in Southeastern Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-112
Author(s):  
B. А. Baranovski ◽  
L. А. Karmyzova ◽  
N. O. Roshchyna ◽  
I. A. Ivanko ◽  
O. G. Karas
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Steppe Zone ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Climatic Impact ◽  
River Floodplains ◽  
Functional Dynamics ◽  
Rare And Endangered ◽  
Shrubby Species ◽  
High Level

Floodplain ecosystems take on the role of active areas of biodiversity and provide many “ecosystem services”, as evidenced by a number of European scientific references. A biodiversity analysis of river floodplains in six European countries within the temperate zone has shown that the floodplains are habitats with a high-level of structural and functional dynamics. The level of their conservation reflects the floristic diversity of forest territories, which is especially important for subarid areas. Recently, a comparison of bioecological characteristics of flora in floodplain forest areas and treeless territories was conducted on the floodplain landscapes of a subarid region of Europe. The valley-terraced landscape of the Samara River, a tributary of the Dnieper can serve as a reference site of native plant complexes of subarid territory in Eastern Europe. Despite long-term anthropogenic transformation, the landscape has retained a significant phytodiversity level. The flora of the Samara River area includes 887 plant species. Of these, 177 species belonging to the rare and endangered categories. The floodplain landscape is the richest in species and most diverse part of this complex. The flora of the Samara floodplain includes 728 species (including 132 rare ones), of which 631 grow in forest communities, and 487 – in anthropogenically transformed, treeless floodplain areas. As part of the forest flora, the number of tree and shrubby species, scyophytes, hygrophytes, and megatrophs significantly increases compared to treeless sites, and the number of ruderal plant species decreases. The floristic composition of the floodplain forests of the subarid region is much richer and more diverse than the flora of the treeless floodplain areas, and this should encourage measures for their protection and restoration. Afforestation of floodplain territories within the steppe zone of Ukraine should be a priority in comparison with other landscapes. For the protection of the flora studied, a scientific justification for creating the National Park "Samara Bor" was prepared. Under the conditions of anthropogenic and climatic impact, this article is of great global importance for attracting the attention of specialists, authorities and society to the protection and restoration of biodiversity in the most valuable landscapes.

scholarly journals Floristic Diversity in Secondary Forest under Munduruku Indigenous Agroextractivism

2020 ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Patrícia Chaves de Oliveira ◽  
Beatriz Costa de Oliveira Queiroz de Souza ◽  
Elói Gasparin
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Natural Regeneration ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Wood Fibers ◽  
Floristic Richness

Aims: Knowledge is currently low about composition, richness and abundance of native plant species from secondary forests in traditional communities in the Tapajós River Basin, Western Amazon. These forests are of great importance to indigenous populations being niches of resistance to the advances of monocultures. The objective of this work was to evaluate the floristic composition of a secondary forest with typical indigenous extractive interventions. Study Design: The secondary forest studied located in indigenous Village. This forest had 15 years of natural regeneration and was therefore an anthropized forest, where the indigenous people removed wood, fibers, oils and fruits, thus characterizing the agroextractivism on this environment and a very particular floristic composition always in evolution. Place and Duration of Study: The research was in Santarem city, Pará state, in Ipaupixuna Village (02°32´46” S, 54°20'15” W) between June 2019 to December 2019. Methodology: The research had a descriptive approach for floristic study, but in the same time had a quantitative point of view with the use of regression analysis. The parameters evaluated were: 1. Species abundance, 2. Floristic Richness; 3. Plant diversity measured by the Jentsch Mixing Coefficient; 4. Relations between Circumference & Height of trees. The size of the sampled area was 1 (one) hectare of secondary forest. Results: A high abundance was found for Tapirira guianensis Aubl followed by Buchenavia huberi Ducke and Bellucia grossularioides (L.) Triana. Fabaceae was the family of greatest quantitative expression in this 15-year-old secondary forest in indigenous landscapes followed by Arecaceae. Conclusion: The secondary forest studied of 15 years of natural regeneration and random anthropogenic interventions by agroextractivists activities of Munduruku Indigenous people showed medium floristic richness and low floristic diversity. Interventions to enrich this secondary forest with plant species with high economic potential can bring environmental and economic benefits to these indigenous people.

scholarly journals Forested riparian belts as reservoirs of plant species in fragmented landscapes of tropical mountain cloud forest

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-304
Author(s):  
Omar Hernández-Dávila ◽  
Javier Laborde ◽  
Vinicio J Sosa ◽  
Claudia Gallardo-Hernández ◽  
Cecilia Díaz-Castelazo
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Forest Restoration ◽  
Forest Cover ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Sampling Site ◽  
Species Conservation ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Native Plant

Background: Cloud forest in central Veracruz is highly fragmented. However, different arboreal elements are still present within the agricultural matrix, including small patches of secondary forest, isolated trees and forested riparian belts. These elements could be important for cloud forest species conservation. Questions: What is the structure and composition of forested riparian belts within current anthropic landscapes, and what is their potential contribution as reservoirs of mountain cloud forest native plant species? Studied species: Vegetation community of forested riparian belts of cloud forest. Study site and dates: Eastern Mexico (central Veracruz), January to November 2018 Methods: Along 14 segments of riparian belts (≈400 m long), distributed across different tributary streams, six 50 × 2 m transects were placed (three per riverside) per segment. Every plant rooted within a transect and ≥ 1.5 m in height was identified and measured (height and DBH). Results: A total of 2,062 plants from 161 species, 102 genera and 55 families were recorded in the 14 sites (8,400 m² sampled). Structural attributes and floristic composition varied widely amongst sites. Elevation and the amount of forest cover (i.e., area) within 500 m of each sampling site were the most important factors underlying the spatial variation in species composition. Conclusions: Riparian belts were remarkably heterogeneous harboring a notable richness of tree and shrub species many of them native of the original cloud forest. This diversity reveals that these arboreal elements are keystone structures for biodiversity conservation and also have a high potential as propagule sources for cloud forest restoration in anthropic landscapes.

scholarly journals Interactions between non-native plant species and the floristic composition of common habitats

2006 ◽  
Vol 94 (6) ◽  
pp. 1052-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. C. MASKELL ◽  
L. G. FIRBANK ◽  
K. THOMPSON ◽  
J. M. BULLOCK ◽  
S. M. SMART
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Native Plant Species

scholarly journals Gardeners’ Perceptions of Northwestern U.S. Native Plants Are Influenced by Ecological Information and Garden Group Affiliation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Aaron G. Anderson ◽  
Isabella Messer ◽  
Gail A. Langellotto
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Native Plants ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Group Affiliation ◽  
Native Plant Species ◽  
Before And After ◽  
High Level

Plantings of native flowers are often installed to increase the pollinator habitat in urban and suburban gardens. However, in many regions, it is not known which native plants are best used for pollinator plantings in gardens. Candidate plants must be attractive to pollinators, but they also must have attributes that gardeners find appealing. To identify native plants that are attractive to gardeners, we disseminated two surveys. The first asked gardeners to use a 5-point Likert scale to rate how likely they would be to garden with 23 flowering plants native to the Pacific Northwest United States. The second survey asked gardeners to use a 5-point Likert scale to rate how likely they would be to garden with a subset of 11 of these 23 native plants before and after receiving information about each flower’s attractiveness to bees (Anthophila). Using the first survey, we found a high level of acceptance of native plants by home gardeners (6 of 23 flowers had a mean “likelihood of planting” score of ≥ 4). Additionally, gardeners stated their likelihood of planting these native species increased significantly after receiving information about the bees associated with each plant. Across both surveys, gardeners who identified as “native plant gardeners” stated they would be significantly more likely to garden with all native plant species. Both surveys included an opportunity to share open-ended comments, which revealed that gardeners were most concerned with flower aesthetics and the aggressiveness of growth. Gardeners felt most positively about flower aesthetics and beneficial ecological traits. Many gardeners also commented that they needed more information or were unfamiliar with the plants. This study shows that native plants can have high baseline appeal to home gardeners. Specifically, we identified five native plant species that northwestern U.S. nurseries might consider growing and marketing as pollinator plants because of their high level of attractiveness to bees and home gardeners: globe gilia (Gilia capitata), california poppy (Eschscholzia californica), douglas aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatum), oregon sunshine (Eriophyllum lanatum), and common yarrow (Achillea millefolium).

scholarly journals Pampas grass control with haloxyfop in conservations sites on difficult terrain

2001 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
I. Popay ◽  
S. Timmins
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Dune Slack ◽  
Herbicide Application ◽  
Native Plant Species ◽  
Cortaderia Selloana ◽  
One Year ◽  
Difficult Terrain ◽  
High Level

An effective method was sought to control pampas grass (Cortaderia selloana) in conservation sites with difficult terrain At one such site the dunes and dune slack communities on Pouto Peninsula we tested three methods of applying the herbicide haloxyfop from a helicopter beer keg weighted nozzle and lance All three methods gave a similar high level of control of pampas grass but differed considerably in cost One year after herbicide application many of the pampas grass plants in the plots had new shoots and native plant species had begun to colonise the old pampas clumps All sprayed plots needed treatment of the regrowth to completely control the pampas grass

Native plant species field evaluation in salt desert: good materials, bad situation

2015 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Grant-Hoffman ◽  
S. Parr ◽  
T. Blanke
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Field Evaluation ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Native Plant Species ◽  
Salt Desert

Ten-year persistence of native plant species on a green roof in Northeast US

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-234
Author(s):  
Jessica D Lubell ◽  
Bryan Connolly ◽  
Kristina N Jones
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Green Roof ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Native Plant Species ◽  
Northeast Us

ALTERED POLLINATION ECOLOGY OF A NATIVE PLANT SPECIES IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ATTRACTIVE NON-NATIVE PLANT SPECIES

Rhodora ◽  
10.3119/18-11 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (987) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Adam J. Ramsey ◽  
Steven M. Ballou ◽  
Jennifer R. Mandel
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Pollination Ecology ◽  
Native Plant ◽  
Native Plant Species
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