Climate Response in Tree-Rings of Sawara Cypress [Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.] in Poland

Sawara cypress [Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.] is originally from Japan. It was introduced to Europe in the latter half of the 19th century (in England and Holland in 1861, and in Poland in 1864). The aim of this study was to examine the influence of climatic conditions on tree-ring width among Sawara cypress populations growing in Poland. Additionally, other indicators determining the growth-climate relationship for the studied tree species were investigated such as false rings, missing rings, or frost rings. Five stands of Sawara cypress from northwestern and central Poland were selected for study. Samples were taken from 97 trees, using Pressler borers at breast-height. Tree-ring widths were measured down to 0.01 mm. Climatic data came from weather stations located the nearest to the study plots. Tree-ring width in the studied populations of Sawara cypress varies (from 1.94 to 4.47 mm). The oldest Sawara cypresses grow in Glinna Arboretum and are nearly 130 years old. The youngest ones grow in Rogów Arboretum (67 years old) and Wirty Arboretum (58 years old). Ten regional pointer years, including six negative and four positive ones, were determined for local chronologies. Negative pointer years were associated with the occurrence of cold winters and water shortages in summer. Positive pointer years are mostly periods with a warm winter season, early and warm spring, and with high precipitation totals during summer months. Correlation and response function analysis corroborates the results yielded by pointer year analysis. False rings carry an additional information on pluvial conditions in the summer period, and frost rings are an aid in dating dendrochronological series and indicate the occurrence of both very cold winters and persistent ground frost occurrences in the spring period. In comparison to native conifers, the Sawara cypress can be regarded as a fast-growing species. The knowledge of acclimatization, growth rate, and growth-climate relationship may be useful, especially in the time of a rapidly changing climate, increasing human impact, and highly intensified invasion of insect and fungal species attacking native forest-forming taxa.

Аутфітосозологічне оцінювання дендроекзотів відділу Pinophyta ботанічного саду Чернівецького національного університету імені Юрія Федьковича

Здійснено інтегральне аутфітосозологічне оцінювання 41 виду деревних інтродуцентів відділу Pinophyta, які ростуть у ботанічному саду Чернівецького національного університету ім. Юрія Федьковича в умовах відкритого ґрунту. Відповідно до значень вирахуваного для кожного виду аутфітосозологічного індексу досліджувані дендроекзоти віднесено до чотирьох аутфітосозологічних класів (II-V); найбільше видів (27) увійшли до ІІІ класу. Для рослин кожного із аутфітосозологічних класів охарактеризовано ознаки, які найістотніше впливають на фітосозологічну цінність видів: категорія раритетності у Червоному списку МСОП, фітогеографічне та історичне значення, регіональна репрезентативність та кількість штучних природоохоронних об'єктів у межах Чернівецької області, де росте той чи інший вид. Зокрема, найчастіше у дендропарках, парках-пам'ятках садово-паркового мистецтва та у складі пам'яток природи Чернівецької області трапляються Thuja occidentalis L. (30 місцезростань), Pinus strobus L. (22), Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (19 місцезростань), і в межах 12-14 природоохоронних об'єктів – Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold, Ginkgo biloba L., Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl. Відзначено, що 51,2 % із досліджуваних видів трапляються, окрім ботанічного саду Чернівецького національного університету, також у дендропарках, парках-пам'ятках садово-паркового мистецтва та пам'ятках природи місцевого значення Чернівецької області. Раритетні види деревних інтродуцентів відділу Pinophyta цінні як резерв генетичного матеріалу. Тому особливої охорони потребують ті з них, які перебувають під загрозою зникнення (категорія раритетності у Червоному списку МСОП – CR, EN та VU), а також ті, що увійшли до ІІ аутфітосозологічного класу (Taxodium distichum (L.) Rich., Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J. Buchholz, Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W. C. Cheng, Picea koyamae Shiras.), та частина видів, віднесених до ІІІ класу (зокрема, ті з них, які представлені 1-2 особинами лише у ботанічному саду Чернівецького національного університету, і не здатні розмножуватися насіннєвим шляхом). Під час розроблення рекомендацій з ефективної охорони досліджуваних деревних інтродуцентів варто звертати увагу на екологічні вимоги видів, оскільки від цього значною мірою залежить успішність росту і розвитку інтродуцентів.

INFLUENCE OF PREPARATION TIMING ON CHAMAECYPARIS PISIFERA INTRODUCED CUTTINGS’ SURVIVAL RATE IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE OREL REGION

The aim of the research is to study the method of vegetative propagation by cuttings to obtain a viable planting material of sawara cypress with a closed root system in the conditions of the Orel region. The study was carried out in 2019 at the private farm by Bykov L.S., Trosnyansky district, Orel region, in a cold closed ground, represented by gray forest medium loamy soils. Reproduction of the introduced species was carried out by rooting lignified cuttings in a nutrient substrate, which was prepared on the basis of neutralized peat with an acidity of 5.0 to 6.0 pH with the addition of perlite in a ratio of 4 to 1. Cuttings for the first group were cut on April 15 (before the beginning of the growing season), and for the second – on 16 May 2019 (after the beginning of the growing season) early in the morning from one mother plant, when the shoots are maximally saturated with moisture. Then the cuttings were planted in cassettes of 160 cells with an area of 0.24 m2 /piece to a depth of 2-3 cm and placed in an unheated protected ground with periodic watering. The best result for cuttings in the control group, harvested in mid-April (before the beginning of the growing season) – 96%, and for cuttings cut in mid-May (after the beginning of the growing season) – 60%. The mass of roots in established spring cuttings does not depend on the timing of reproduction, both variants showed an average weight of one root – 1.1 g. The profitability of the production of sawara cypress seedlings in the control group (when harvesting cuttings before vegetation) is 75%, which is 20% more than in seedlings grown from cuttings harvested after the beginning of the growing season.

New species and records of Trisetacus Keifer (Eriophyoidea, Nalepellidae) with an atypical shape of female internal genitalia collected from Chamaecyparis, Juniperus, and Thuja (Cupressaceae) in the USA

Typically, females of eriophyoid mites of the large conifer-associated genus Trisetacus Keifer 1952 have long spermathecal tubes, which are at least twice as long as the spermathecae. In this paper, we report on four Trisetacus species collected in the USA from Cupressaceae that possess atypical short spermathecal tubes and demonstrate a distinct reduction trend in leg chaetotaxy when setae lʹ and/or bv II may be absent, and setae ftʹ II are very short. They are: 1) Trisetacus virginianus n. sp. and 2) T. thujae (Garman 1883, = T. thujivagrans Smith 1977a syn. nov.) from indigenous North American conifers Juniperus virginianus and Thuja occidentalis, respectively, and 3) Trisetacus maculatus n. sp. and 4) T. morgantownensis n. sp. from Japanese endemics, Chamaecyparis pisifera and C. obtusa, respectively, introduced to the USA. In these four Trisetacus species, the spermathecal apparatus consists of two drop-shaped segments, each about 2.5‒3 µm long and about 2‒2.5 µm wide, and resembles that of Boczekella, a nalepellid genus restricted to pinacean genera Larix and Pseudolarix. A new subgenus, Brevithecus n. subgen., is erected within the genus Trisetacus to accommodate the four Trisetacus species from Cupressaceae. Future molecular phylogenetic studies are needed to test whether Brevithecus is nested within Trisetacus or represents a separate genus, which may be a sister to either Trisetacus or Boczekella.

PECULIARITIES OF INTRODUCTION OF SMALL-WIDENED DECORATIVE TYPES IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE LADYZHYN DENDROPARK

The floristic analysis of the low-frequency ornamental species of the arboretum «Ladyzhyn Dendropark» was carried out, according to which the taxonomic composition and the description of the investigated species of the arboretum were determined. Based on the results of the integrated numerical assessment of the viability of trees and shrubs based on visual observations, the prospects for the introduction of woody plants in the study region were evaluated. The species composition of the introduced ornamental plants of the arboretum is systematized, which today is more than 25 species, arranged in accordance with the formed dendroplan. The peculiarities of the introduction of low-abundant ornamental plants were investigated, and the inventories of native and introduced arboreal and shrub vegetation of the areas of the arboretum were conducted. Based on these studies, a dendroplan was developed for a dendrological park of the local importance. The age and quantitative structure of the plantations has been determined, according to which 21 composite areas have been created in the studied area of more than 10 ha. In the course of research it is determined that 9 species of plants are quite promising (Catalpa speciosa Warder., Nyssa sylvatica Marsh, Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K.Koch, Liriodendron tulipifera L., Magnolia kobus DC., Liquidambar styraciflua L., Malus sieboldii, Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco, Ginkgo biloba L. Betula nigra L); promising – 10 species (Zelkova serrata (Thunb.) Makino, Stephanandra incisa (Thunb.) Zabel, Koelreuteria bipinnata Franch., Magnolia soulangeana Soul, Rhus typhina L., Catalpa bignonioides, Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl., Malus «Evereste», Malus domestica «Rajka», Diospyros virginiana L.), less promising – 5 species (Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud., Cercis siliquastrum L., Magnolia George Henry Kern, Coffea liberica (W. Bull ex Hiern), Magnolia acuminata L.) The low adaptive index of the last 5 species is related to the inconsistency of the temperature regime in the study conditions. Inventory of the assortment of 20 shrubs and arboretum plants was made and a design decision was made to increase the species and form content of arboretum of section No. 21. The current state of compositions and flower beds of the arboretum was analyzed and recommendations for their improvement on the principle of selection and placement of species were presented. Keywords: dendropark, introduction, compositions, flower beds, integral evaluation, taxonomic composition, decorative properties, systematic principle, exotics.