scholarly journals Floristic diversity and use value of phytocoenoses in a section of the Wieprz river valley in Roztocze National Park for feeding the konik polski horse

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 123-134
Author(s):  
TERESA GRAŻYNA WYŁUPEK ◽  
HANNA KLIKOCKA ◽  
MARIUSZ KULIK ◽  
HALINA LIPIŃSKA ◽  
ADAM GAWRYLUK
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
National Park ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Wiener Index ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Feeding Preferences ◽  
Phytosociological Relevés

The paper describes the floristic diversity and specifies its use value in terms of feeding preferences of konik polski horses and their consumption of permanent grassland in a section of the Wieprz river valley in Roztocze National Park. The flora assessment was conducted by analyzing 79 phytosociological relevés using the Braun-Blanquet method. The results of phytosociological surveys made it possible to distinguish 7 complexes in the Phragmitetea class, 5 complexes and 1 plant community in the Molinio-Arrhenatheretea class, and 1 complex in the Nardo-Callunetea class. Natural values of the examined associations were described based on the total and average number of species in a phytosociological relevé, the Shannon-Wiener index, and the phytosociological structure of plant communities. The use value of dry weight of the analyzed meadows and pastures was estimated by means of the use value number (UVN) and taking into account the and yield size. The phytocoenoses identified in the meadows in the section of the Wieprz river valley under study exhibited high natural values (H’ = 3.20–4.62). The dry weight yields of the examined communities varied (from 1.32 to 5.37 t ha–1), but their sward usually had poor and very poor use value (UVN = from –0.55 to 5.8). Furthermore, it should be noted that the sward of wet meadows is readily consumed by the grazing animals, which contributes to the improvement of the natural and use value of meadows.

scholarly journals Floristic diversity of beech, fir and spruce forest (Piceo-Fago-Abietetum Colic 1965) in the „Tara“ national park

2010 ◽  
pp. 129-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rade Cvjeticanin ◽  
Marijana Novakovic
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
National Park ◽  
Life Form ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
Site Conditions ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Spruce Forest ◽  
Floristic Elements ◽  
Floristic Element

This paper deals with the forest plant community of beech, fir and spruce (Piceo-Fago-Abietetum Colic 1965), which is the most widely distributed plant community on the territory of national park ?Tara?. Spectrum of life forms and floristic elements are specified for this community. Spectrum of life forms shows that hemicryptophytes are the most frequent, with high occurrence of geophytes, which is characteristic of this mesophilous plant community. Spectrum of floristic elements show that centraleuropean floristic element is dominant and that this plant community is under strong influence of subcentraleuropean region. Five subassociations are set apart on the basis of floristic composition and site conditions: typicum, drymetosum, aceretosum, pinetosum silvestrae and vaccinietosum. Spectrum of life forms is made for every subassociation separately in aim to compare their floristic compositions. Subassociations aceretosum and vaccinietosum are characterized by the highest occurence of phanerophytes, and the lowest occurence of this life form is represented in subassociation drymetosum. The highest occurence of geophytes is in subassociation aceretosum, and the lowest in pinetosum silvestrae and vaccinietosum. Occurence of hemicryptophytes is the highest in subassociations drymetosum and pinetosum silvestrae, and the lowest in aceretosum. Subassociation typicum is stable plant community, subassociations drymetosum and vaccinietosum grow on poorer sites, while subassociations aceretosum and pinetosum silvestrae represent degradation of beech, fir and spruce forest (Piceo-Fago-Abietetum Colic 1965).

Floristic diversity and sward use value of Lolio-Cynosuretum association in the San river valley

2008 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Czesława Trąba ◽  
Paweł Wolański ◽  
Krzysztof Oklejewicz
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Use Value ◽  
Floristic Diversity

Plant Communities and Floristic Diversity of the Emerald Lake Basin, Sequoia National Park, California

Madroño ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 184-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip W. Rundel ◽  
Michael Neuman ◽  
Peter Rabenold
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
National Park ◽  
Lake Basin ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Sequoia National Park

scholarly journals Present state and changes that occur within plant communities growing on the floating mat that surrounds the Moszne lake (Polesie National Park)

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Anna Zagórowicz
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Present State ◽  
National Park ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Water Conditions ◽  
Influence Of Water ◽  
Phytosociological Relevés ◽  
Average Plant ◽  
Floating Mat

AbstractThe first recordings of flora and vegetation in the surroundings of the Moszne lake (Polesie National Park) started from 1960. In 1980s the water conditions in this area changed and affected the organisms that lived there. The aim of this research was to recognize the present state and changes that occurred within flora and vegetation in the course of 18 years (1995–2013). In 2013, at the beginning of June, 34 phytosociological relevés were made on the floating mat that surrounds the Moszne lake in the same locations as they were done in 1995. The obtained data was collated with figures from the literature by comparing the frequency of plant species and plant communities, average plant species coverage and by calculating Sørensen indexes. The results showed that almost the same plant communities were identified in both terms of research. It was found that 35% of the plant species had disappeared after 18 years and that the biggest increase in percentage coverage was noted in case of Phragmites australis and Sphagnum fallax. Those findings show that it is very difficult and sometimes even impossible to reverse the negative influence of water condition change on bogs.

scholarly journals Plant communities of the Czerwona Woda River Valley (Stołowe Mountains National Park)

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigiusz Pielech ◽  
Marek Malicki ◽  
Michał Smoczyk ◽  
Andrzej M. Jagodziński ◽  
Marcin K. Dyderski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
National Park ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Mountain Stream ◽  
Forest Communities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Vegetation Maps ◽  
Phytosociological Relevés ◽  
First Time

Abstract The Czerwona Woda River is the main watercourse in the Stołowe Mountains National Park and drains the major part of the Stołowe Mts. It was regulated in the past, but its channel has been spontaneously naturalised. Now, managed spruce forests grow along almost the entire length of this small mountain stream. The aims of the present study were to investigate diversity of plant communities connected with the Czerwona Woda stream and to prepare detailed vegetation maps. The results obtained can potentially be a reference for future restoration projects implemented in the Stołowe Mountains National Park. As a result of vegetation mapping, there were distinguished 20 plant communities representative of the current vegetation and 3 communities representative of the potential vegetation. Phytosociological data on the vegetation was documented by making 62 phytosociological relevés. Based on these, 9 forest communities were distinguished, of which 3 were classified into associations, 1 – into alliance, 5 – into secondary forest communities. Furthermore, there were distinguished 14 non-forest communities, of which 10 were classified into associations. Several of the phytosociological classes distinguished have been reported for the first time in the Stołowe Mountains National Park.

scholarly journals Plant communities of cultivated fields of the Podlaski Przełom Bugu mesoregion. Part 5. Root crop communities of light soils

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-205
Author(s):  
Zofia Rzymowska ◽  
Janina Skrzyczyńska
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Setaria Viridis ◽  
Habitat Conditions ◽  
Root Crop ◽  
Root Crops ◽  
Heterogeneous Habitat ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Phytosociological Relevés ◽  
Segetal Communities

This present paper, focused on root crop communities of light soils, is a part of the wide range characteristics of segetal communities of the Podlaski Przełom Bugu (Podlasie Bug River Gorge) mesoregion. On the basis of 160 phytosociological relevés made according to the Braun-Blanquet method, phytocenoses representing the <i>Panico-Setarion</i> alliance were distinguished. Most often, patches of the association <i>Echinochloo-Setarietum</i> were recorded in the study area. Heterogeneous habitat conditions affect its floristic diversity. Two subassociations of the phytocenosis, divided according to the species composition into 9 lower syntaxa, were identified on light soils. The following subassociations were distinguished: <i>Echinochloo-Setarietum setarietosum glaucae</i> in a typical variant and a variant with <i>Juncus bufonius</i>, both with subvariants with <i>Digitaria ischaemum</i>, as well as a typical variant of <i>Echinochloo-Setarietum typicum</i>, a variant with <i>Juncus bufonius</i> and a subvariant with <i>Oxalis stricta</i> in the typical and wet variant. Another association found in root crops on light soils of the Podlaski Przełom Bugu mesoregion is <i>Digitarietum ischaemi</i>. Its patches were observed in cultivations on light, acidic, poor soils. The characteristic feature of this community is the occurrence of numerous acidophilous species. In habitat conditions typical for the Podlaski Przełom Bugu mesoregion, <i>Digitarietum ischaemi</i> is differentiated into the typical and wet variant. Quite frequent patches of the <i>Setaria pumila-Setaria viridis</i> community were noted in intermediate habitat conditions, between those characteristic for <i>Digitarietum ischaemi</i> and <i>Echinochloo-Setarietum</i>.

scholarly journals Floristic diversity of selected plant communities on extensive and abandoned grasslands in the Nadwieprzański Landscape Park / Zróżnicowanie florystyczne wybranych zbiorowisk roślinnych ekstensywnych użytków zielonych w Nadwieprzańskim Parku Krajobrazowym

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Marianna Warda ◽  
Ewa Stamirowska-Krzaczek ◽  
Mariusz Kulik
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Middle Part ◽  
Lythrum Salicaria ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Organic Soils ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index ◽  
Herbaceous Communities

Abstract The paper presents floristic diversity of some plant communities in the Nadwieprzański Landscape Park (middle part of the Wieprz River valley). Phytosociological relevés were made in the years 2005-2007 with Braun-Blanquet method. Species richness was a base to calculate the Shannon-Wiener diversity index. The Wieprz River valley has the character of a floodplain. In its middle reaches, communities of the Molinio- Arrhenatheretea class accounted for nearly 75% of all plant communities in grasslands. Herbaceous communities were represented by associations from the Filipendulion alliance. The greatest diversity (H’ = 3.4) was characteristic for vegetation of the Valeriano-Filipenduletum association. It formed small patches in abandoned meadows. Small patches of plants from the Lythro-Filipenduletum ulmariae association, having a slightly smaller floristic diversity (H’ = 3.0) were found on abandoned meadows located in highly silted and poor organic soils. Characteristic species of herbaceous communities (Filipendula ulmaria, Valeriana officinalis and Lythrum salicaria) occurred also in the sward of abandoned thistle meadows. Typical thistle meadows (Cirsietum rivularis), with the predominance of Cirsium rivulare developed in land depressions, not far from the Wieprz River, in the vicinity of abandoned drainage ditches and along the edges of the valley. However, the total abandonment of these meadows leads to changes in floristic composition of the sward and to succession towards herbaceous communities.

scholarly journals Protection of floristic diversity in the Sajna River valley – in view of the planned construction of hydroelectric power station in Sarkajmy

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Grażyna Łaska
Keyword(s):  
Plant Communities ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Station ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Power Station ◽  
Viburnum Opulus ◽  
Natural Habitats

Abstract The study was carried out to determine the floristic diversity in the Sajna River valley, in the region of direct and indirect impact of the hydroelectric power station planned to be built in the village of Sarkajmy. Phytosociological diversity of plant communities and floristic diversity were analysed taking into account the predicted influence of the planned power station on the Sajna River. The study was performed in 2010 using field methods and GIS localisation of analysed sites. 73 phytosociological surveys were made and particular floristic patches were identified. Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys were used to delimit the different plant communities and spot the sites of protected plant species. Thirteen plant communities were identified in the study area, five of which are of European importance that require protection within Natura 2000 sites. This group of plant communities comprises four forest plant communities (Salicetum albo-fragilis, Ficario-Ulmetum, Tilio-Carpinetum, Acer platanoides-Tilia cordata) and one herbaceous community (Urtico-Calystegietum). One species under strict protection (Daphne mezereum L.) and five species under partial protection (Viburnum opulus L., Ribes nigrum L., Asarum europaeum L., Eurhynchium angustirete (Broth.) T.J.Kop., Eurhynchium striatum (Schreb. ex Hedw.) Schimp.) were noted. The presence of valuable natural habitats and protected species in the Sajna River valley indicates the natural potential of the area and illustrates its biological diversity. The studied area is threatened by negative impact of the hydroelectric power station planned to be built on the Sajna River, since water damming will flood the river terrace that will lead to the formation of a 7.25 ha pond of.

scholarly journals Floristic diversity (Magnoliids and Eudicots) of Baraiyadhala National Park, Chittagong, Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 273-288
Author(s):  
Mohammad Harun-Ur-Rashid ◽  
Saiful Islam ◽  
Sadia Binte Kashem
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
National Park ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Sustainable Utilization ◽  
Floristic Diversity ◽  
Comprehensive Account ◽  
Floral Diversity

An intensive floristic investigation provides the first systematic and comprehensive account of the floral diversity of Baraiyadhala National Park of Bangladesh, and recognizes 528 wild taxa belonging to 337 genera and 73 families (Magnoliids and Eudicots) in the park. Habit analysis reveals that trees (179 species) and herbs (174 species) constitute the major categories of the plant community followed by shrubs (95 species), climbers (78 species), and two epiphytes. Status of occurrence has been assessed for proper conservation management and sustainable utilization of the taxa resulting in 165 (31.25%) to be rare, 23 (4.36%) as endangered, 12 (2.27%) as critically endangered and 4 species (0.76%) are found as vulnerable in the forest. Fabaceae is the dominant family represented by 75 taxa, followed by Rubiaceae (47 taxa), Malvaceae (28 species), Asteraceae (27 species) and Euphorbiaceae (24 species). Twenty-three families represent single species each in the area.

Temporal dynamics of mycorrhizal fungal communities and co-associations with grassland plant communities following experimental manipulation of rainfall

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Coline Deveautour ◽  
Sally Power ◽  
Kirk Barnett ◽  
Raul Ochoa-Hueso ◽  
Suzanne Donn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Composition ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Fungal Community ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Fungal Communities ◽  
Plant Responses ◽  
Rainfall Regimes

Climate models project overall a reduction in rainfall amounts and shifts in the timing of rainfall events in mid-latitudes and sub-tropical dry regions, which threatens the productivity and diversity of grasslands. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi may help plants to cope with expected changes but may also be impacted by changing rainfall, either via the direct effects of low soil moisture on survival and function or indirectly via changes in the plant community. In an Australian mesic grassland (former pasture) system, we characterised plant and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungal communities every six months for nearly four years to two altered rainfall regimes: i) ambient, ii) rainfall reduced by 50% relative to ambient over the entire year and iii) total summer rainfall exclusion. Using Illumina sequencing, we assessed the response of AM fungal communities sampled from contrasting rainfall treatments and evaluated whether variation in AM fungal communities was associated with variation in plant community richness and composition. We found that rainfall reduction influenced the fungal communities, with the nature of the response depending on the type of manipulation, but that consistent results were only observed after more than two years of rainfall manipulation. We observed significant co-associations between plant and AM fungal communities on multiple dates. Predictive co-correspondence analyses indicated more support for the hypothesis that fungal community composition influenced plant community composition than vice versa. However, we found no evidence that altered rainfall regimes were leading to distinct co-associations between plants and AM fungi. Overall, our results provide evidence that grassland plant communities are intricately tied to variation in AM fungal communities. However, in this system, plant responses to climate change may not be directly related to impacts of altered rainfall regimes on AM fungal communities. Our study shows that AM fungal communities respond to changes in rainfall but that this effect was not immediate. The AM fungal community may influence the composition of the plant community. However, our results suggest that plant responses to altered rainfall regimes at our site may not be resulting via changes in the AM fungal communities.

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