scholarly journals Floristic Composition of Plant Community in Set-Aside Fields with Regard to Seral Stages

2003 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byeung-Hoa Kang ◽  
Kyung-Ho Ma ◽  
Sang-In Shim
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Floristic Composition

scholarly journals Scirpetum radicantis Hejný in Hejný et Husák 1978 em. Zahlh. 1979, a plant association new to Poland

2011 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Spałek ◽  
Arkadiusz Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Endangered Plant ◽  
Plant Association ◽  
Ecological Requirements ◽  
Rare And Endangered ◽  
Sw Poland

The paper presents a rush community new to Poland - <em>Scirpetum radicantis </em>Hejny in Hejny et Husak 1978 em. Zahlh. 1979, belonging to the <em>Phragmition </em>alliance. It was discovered in fishponds near Olesno in Silesia (SW Poland). The floristic composition and the ecological requirements of this association are presented in the paper. <em>Scirpetum radicantis </em>is considered to be a very rare and endangered plant community in Europe.

scholarly journals Plant Community Analysis along Environmental Gradients in Moist Afromontane Forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abyot Dibaba Hundie ◽  
Teshome Soromessa Urgessa ◽  
Bikila Warkineh Dullo
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Environmental Gradients ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Community Types ◽  
Western Ethiopia

Abstract Background This study was carried out in Gerba Dima Forest, South-Western Ethiopia, to determine the floristic composition, species diversity and community types along environmental gradients. Ninety sample plots having a size of 25 × 25 m (625 m2) were laid by employing stratified random sampling. Nested plots were used to sample plants of different sizes and different environmental variables. All woody plant species with Diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥ 2.5 cm and height ≥ 1.5 m were recorded in 25 m X 25 m plots. Within the major plots, five 3 m x 3 m subplots (9 m2) was used to collect shrubs with dbh < 2.5 cm and > 1.5 m height. Within each 9 m2subplots, two 1 m2 subplots were used to collect data on the species and abundance of herbaceous plants. Hierarchical (agglomerative) cluster analysis was performed using the free statistical software R version 3.6.1 using package cluster to classify the vegetation into plant community types. Redundancy Analysis (RDA) ordination was used in describing the pattern of plant communities along an environmental gradient. Result One hundred and eighty plant species belonging to 145 genera, 69 families and comprising of 15 endemic species were recorded. Cluster analysis resulted in five different plant communities and this result was supported by the ordination result. RDA result showed altitude was the main environmental variable in determining the plant communities. The ANOVA test indicated that the five community types differ significantly from each other with regard to EC and K. Conclusions The studied forest can play a significant role in biodiversity conservation since it harbours high species diversity and richness. Thus, all Stakeholders including Oromia Forest and wildlife enterprise (OFWE) and the regional government should work to designate the forest as a biosphere reserve and being registered under UNESCO.

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).

scholarly journals Online appendix 2:Plant communities of the uMlalazi Nature Reserve and their contribution to conservation in KwaZulu-Natal

Koedoe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nqobile S. Zungu ◽  
Theo H.C. Mostert ◽  
Rachel E. Mostert
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Online Appendix ◽  
Species Analysis ◽  
Kwazulu Natal

Vegetation research is an important tool for the simplified and effective identification, management and conservation of the very complex ecosystems underlying them. Plant community descriptions offer scientists a summary and surrogate of all the biotic and abiotic factors shaping and driving ecosystems. The aim of this study was to identify, describe and map the plant communities within the uMlalazi Nature Reserve. A total of 149 vegetation plots were sampled using the Braun-Blanquet technique. Thirteen plant communities were identified using a combination of numeric classification (modified Two-way-Indicator Species Analysis) and ordination (non-metric multidimensional scaling). These communities were described in terms of their structure, floristic composition and distribution. An indirect gradient analysis of the ordination results was conducted to investigate the relationship between plant communities and their potentially important underlying environmental drivers. Based on the results, the floristic conservation importance of each plant community was discussed to provide some means to evaluate the relative contribution of the reserve to regional ecosystem conservation targets.Conservation implications: The uMlalazi Nature Reserve represents numerous ecosystems that are disappearing from a rapidly transforming landscape outside of formally protected areas in Zululand. The descriptions of the plant communities of these relatively pristine ecosystems provide conservation authorities with inventories and benchmarks with which the ecological health of similar ecosystems in the region can be measured.

scholarly journals Floristic composition and plant community types of Agama Forest, an Afromontane Forest in Southwest Ethiopia

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 55-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Addi Admassu ◽  
Soromessa Teshome ◽  
Kelebessa Ensermu ◽  
Dibaba Abyot ◽  
Kefyalew Alemayhu
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Southwest Ethiopia ◽  
Afromontane Forest ◽  
Community Types

scholarly journals Plant communities of the uMlalazi Nature Reserve and their contribution to conservation in KwaZulu-Natal

Koedoe ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nqobile S. Zungu ◽  
Theo H.C. Mostert ◽  
Rachel E. Mostert
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Species Analysis ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
The Relationship

Vegetation research is an important tool for the simplified and effective identification, management and conservation of the very complex ecosystems underlying them. Plant community descriptions offer scientists a summary and surrogate of all the biotic and abiotic factors shaping and driving ecosystems. The aim of this study was to identify, describe and map the plant communities within the uMlalazi Nature Reserve. A total of 149 vegetation plots were sampled using the Braun-Blanquet technique. Thirteen plant communities were identified using a combination of numeric classification (modified Two-way-Indicator Species Analysis) and ordination (non-metric multidimensional scaling). These communities were described in terms of their structure, floristic composition and distribution. An indirect gradient analysis of the ordination results was conducted to investigate the relationship between plant communities and their potentially important underlying environmental drivers. Based on the results, the floristic conservation importance of each plant community was discussed to provide some means to evaluate the relative contribution of the reserve to regional ecosystem conservation targets.Conservation implications: The uMlalazi Nature Reserve represents numerous ecosystems that are disappearing from a rapidly transforming landscape outside of formally protected areas in Zululand. The descriptions of the plant communities of these relatively pristine ecosystems provide conservation authorities with inventories and benchmarks with which the ecological health of similar ecosystems in the region can be measured.

scholarly journals Short-Term Abandonment versus Mowing in a Mediterranean-Temperate Meadow: Effects on Floristic Composition, Plant Functionality, and Soil Properties—A Case Study

Agriculture ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Francesca Vannucchi ◽  
Valerio Lazzeri ◽  
Irene Rosellini ◽  
Manuele Scatena ◽  
Claudia Caudai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Properties ◽  
Plant Community ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Natural Protected Areas ◽  
Hay Meadows ◽  
Ecological Importance

Hay meadows are secondary grasslands maintained by mowing, and their ecological importance resides in the inherent biodiversity and carbon stocking. We investigated the plant community and soil properties of a sub humid acid grassland near the Fucecchio marshes (Italy), managed as a hay meadow, mowed once a year, and not fertilized. Part of the meadow had been abandoned for three years. We analysed the soil properties (i.e., organic carbon and total nitrogen content, available phosphorus, pH, cation-exchange capacity, texture, and conductibility) and the plant community structure (composition, functionality, and species richness) of the two sides of the meadow (mowed and abandoned). Our aim was to highlight the changes in soil properties and vegetation community, and to find out to what extent abandonment can affect those dynamics. Our results showed that after short-term abandonment, soil pH, C and N increased; litter biomass and perennial forbs increased; and annual forbs decreased. New species colonising after abandonment, thus enriching the flora, may keep spreading and eventually hinder the growth of the specialists if mowing is not resumed. Certain valuable meadow habitats need constant human intervention to maintain their peculiar vegetation, most especially if they are a buffer zone in the proximity of natural protected areas.

scholarly journals A new locality of Galeopsis angustifolia (Ehrh.) Hoffm. in Pyrzyce Plain (West Pomerania, Poland)

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Bacieczko ◽  
Agnieszka Borcz
Keyword(s):  
Plant Community ◽  
Plant Communities ◽  
Floristic Composition ◽  
Convolvulus Arvensis ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
Synanthropic Species ◽  
Arrhenatherum Elatius ◽  
Potentilla Reptans ◽  
Rocky Habitats ◽  
Meadow Species

The aim of the research was to explore a new locality of <em>Galeopsis angustifolia</em> (Lamiaceae), a rare taxa in Poland. The floristic composition of a plant community with <em>G. angustifolia</em> was determined. The species was recorded along the railway line from Pyrzyce to Stargard Szczeciński, near to the railway station in Okunica village, not used since 2004. Currently, the plant community with <em>G. angustifolia</em> occupies a transect &gt;300 m in length. It is also sporadically found in the areas adjacent to the railway line. The species penetrates into ruderal communities from the <em>Artemisietea vulgaris</em> class and creates plant communities with <em>Galeopsis angustifolia</em>, a dominant species in the patches. Synanthropic species, e.g., <em>Rubus caesius</em>, <em>Convolvulus arvensis</em>, <em>Senecio viscosus</em>, meadow species, e.g., <em>Arrhenatherum elatius</em>, <em>Potentilla reptans</em>, <em>Pastinaca sativa</em>, and mosses of dry and rocky habitats also form plant communities with <em>Galeopsis angustifolia</em>.

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