TITLE:
Vascular Flora from Ecoton Zones of the Slatioara Secular Forest
AUTHORS:
Marius Dan Șandru, Camelia-Maria Golea, Dumitru Dorel Blaga
KEYWORDS:
Flora, Border, Bioforms, Floristic Elements, Ecological Indices, Economic Cat-egories
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Forestry,
Vol.13 No.1,
January
20,
2023
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to generate essential
scientific information regarding the floristic composition and the structures
of the ecotone vegetation in the natural forest Codrul Secular Slătioara,
because so far no such studies have been carried out in this reserve. Also, the results of this
study provide important data, which can be the basis for the development of
strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of some herbaceous species,
valuable due to genetic and socio-economic, respectively of a regular forest
monitoring program. The floristic studies were carried out in the 2020 to 2021
vegetation season. Based on the specialized literature, plant species were
identified and then processed from the point of view of bioforms, floristic
elements and ecological indices. The economic categories in which the
identified species fall were also analyzed. Thus, a total of 292 species
belonging to 46 botanical families were identified and their distribution by
ecosystems is as follows: in the forest, 90 species were identified, in the
lands adjacent to the forest, in the meadows, 202 species
were found and in the area of border, 120 species of vascular plants were
identified. Most of the species identified in the study area are hemicryptophytes, heliophiles, and eurytherms,
which grow on dry to moderately
moist, eurytrophic soils. More than 50% of the identified species belong
to several categories of useful plants (fodder, medicinal, melliferous,
edible).