Abstract

Changes in the herb layer of a thermophilous oak forest (Potentillo albae-Quercetum), subject to clear cutting and artificial reforestation with Scotch pine monoculture, were analysed by a comparative method. It was found that cutting of a tree stand and underbrush did not destroy phytocoenose totally. Floristically-rich clearance communities resembled in their composition and structure the ground layer of an natural form of an oak forest. The regress of the herb layer took place several years later in a young pine stand. Then, a compact tree canopy highly restricted light inflow to the bottom of a forest. Later, thinning of a forest stand enabled the herb layer to regenerate. Nevertheless, even 60 years after clear cutting it significantly differed from the herb layer of a natural oak forest.

Details

Title
Changes in the species composition and structure of the herb layer of a thermophilous oak forest subject to clear cutting
Author
Andrzejewski, Hieronim
Pages
513-525
Publication year
1987
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Polish Botanical Society
ISSN
00016977
e-ISSN
20839480
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1962352733
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2014 Hieronim Andrzejewski. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.