Diversity of flora in the undergrowth of park afforestations, rural plantings and oak-hornbeam forests

Fornal-Pieniak, Beata; Ollik, Marcin

doi:10.2478/ffp-2013-00014

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“…Native forest plants typical for Tilio-Carpinetum community grow in shaded stands and on rich soils [55]. This was also observed by [57] and [58]. It is confirmed that the studied nature reserve in Tarnów has got more proper habitat conditions for forest plants compositions inside the forest than the ecotones and the inside of the urban forest studied by us.…”

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Effects of Adjacent Land Use Types on the Composition of Vascular Flora in Urban Forest Ecotones in the Southern Poland

Fornal-Pieniak

Żarska

Ollik

2021

Forests

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The purpose of the research was the recognition of edge effects regarding similarities and differences of vascular flora in undergrowth layers in the urban forest ecotones. Four types of urban forest neighborhoods were analyzed: ecotones adjacent to the manor park, the agriculture field, housing estates and the road. The plant compositions in the forest ecotones were compared with the plant compositions in the urban forest interior and the forest nature reserve. The phytosociological type of studied forests was a subcontinental oak-hornbeam one (Tilio-Carpinetum). Diagnostic plant species (e.g., characteristic) for forests from the non-diagnostic ones were identified. Forest consistent plant species dominated in the ecotone adjacent to the manor park and in the interior of urban forests too, but the best conditions for these plants were inside the forest nature reserve, where native consistent forest plants showed the highest dominance when comparing all studied areas. A higher anthropogenic pressure from the adjacent areas results in supporting the growth of inconsistent plant species in the forests, and these plants are mostly represented by plants belonging to grass and synanthropic communities. Another conclusion drawn from our research is that the protected forest, represented by a nature reserve in the city, provides better “shelter” for native forest plants than the urban forest without any protection. Ultimately, a permanent challenge is to achieve and maintain the balance between nature and the impact of anthropogenic activities on urban forests in the city. The high quality of green areas, biodiversity, including forests, implicates possibilities of sustainable development in cities. The research results will be useful for local urban planners and ecologists during their work on strategies of city development, including shaping of green infrastructure.

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Effects of Adjacent Land Use Types on the Composition of Vascular Flora in Urban Forest Ecotones in the Southern Poland

Fornal-Pieniak

Żarska

Ollik

2021

Forests

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“…According to Dzwonko (2015), these species are very sensitive to changes in habitat and occur only in natural or slightly transformed habitats. Similar research results were obtained by Fornal-Pieniak and Ollik (2013) and Fornal-Pieniak et al (2019). Some authors, including Palmer et al (2008) and Speziale and Ezcurra (2011), pointed to the fact that reduction of native flora enables the propagation of non-native species on the natural habitat.…”

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Comparison of vascular plants in herb layers of ecotones in urban and non-urban forests in Brzesko city (Polish Carpathian foreland)

Fornal-Pieniak

Mandziuk

2022

Folia Forestalia Polonica

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Nowadays, human influence is more noticeable in urban and non-urban ecosystems, which, in turn, leads to the transformation of valuable natural resources. This article presents a study on the diversity of species composition of the vascular herb layer species of ecotones in selected urban forests of the city of Brzesko and in forests outside the city. All forests represented the association of oak–hornbeam plant. The results showed that there are inconsistent and consistent vascular plant species with the Tilio-Carpinetum habitat in urban and non-urban forests. Plant species were significantly (c2 test, p < 0.05) found more frequently in the herb layer of non-urban forests than in urban forests. This proves, among other things, that the influence of anthropogenic activity is more on these objects than in forests outside the city.

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“…Tilio-Carpinetum occupies the greatest area in the park. It is the most often documented community of non-maintained village parks (Fornal-Pieniak & Wysocki, 2006;Fornal-Pieniak & Ollik, 2013;Kucharski & Chmielecki, 2014. Ficario-Ulmetum (Kułak & Sender, 2011) and Fraxino-Alnetum (Borysiak et al, 2011a;Sobisz & Szmyt, 2015) are mentioned uncommonly.…”

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“…The park was dissected by several gravel paths. Only remnants of the palace and a few-storey manor buildRegeneration of vegetation in manor park in Laskowice (Dąbrowa Forest District) Fornal-Pieniak & Ollik, 2013). Therefore the aim of the study herein is a characterization of plant communities for future revitalization of the park.…”

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Regeneration of vegetation in manor park in Laskowice (Dąbrowa Forest District)

Gawenda-Kempczyńska

Paszek

Załuski

2019

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Abstract. Laskowice is a village located in Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, in Świecie Upland near Świecie. On the edges of the village there is a manor-palace complex established by Franz von Gordon in the first half of the 19th century. Since the palace was destroyed in 1945, the maintenance of the park was ceased. Currently the object is administrated by Dąbrowa Forest District.The aim of the study was to determine the direction of vegetation transformation of the park in the light of lack of use. Lack of human interference within examined object has initiated regeneration processes. At present the vegetation of the park refers to structure and species composition of natural forest plant communities. Phytosociological research carried out in 2015 and 2016 revealed the presence of following associations: Ficario-Ulmetum, Fraxino-Alnetum and Tilio-Carpinetum. Shrub vegetation of Rhamno-Prunetea class develops in places. Non-forest vegetation of meadows (Arrhenatheretum elatioris) and nitrophilous edges (Urtico-Aegopodietum) are present. In case of analyzed object the physionomy and species composition of forest communities differs from typical forms. An attention is paid to a strongly developed layer of brushwood. There is a lack of some characteristic species, alien species are present in treestand and shrub layers. A large share in phytocoenoses of Ficario-Ulmetum and Tilio-Carpinetum has Sambucus nigra and in case of the first association also alien species -Philadelphus coronarius and Symphoricarpos albus. Values of calculated indices of synanthropization confirm the regeneration of forest communities: index of natural character achieves value ≥40% and synanthropization index ranges from 48.78% for Tilio-Carpinetum to 60.00% for Fraxino-Alnetum.

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Diversity of flora in the undergrowth of park afforestations, rural plantings and oak-hornbeam forests

Cited by 6 publications

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Effects of Adjacent Land Use Types on the Composition of Vascular Flora in Urban Forest Ecotones in the Southern Poland

Effects of Adjacent Land Use Types on the Composition of Vascular Flora in Urban Forest Ecotones in the Southern Poland

Comparison of vascular plants in herb layers of ecotones in urban and non-urban forests in Brzesko city (Polish Carpathian foreland)

Regeneration of vegetation in manor park in Laskowice (Dąbrowa Forest District)

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