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- Title
EFFECTS OF MANAGEMENT AND SUCCESSION PROCESS ON THE COMPOSITION OF VASCULAR HERBACEOUS PLANT SPECIES ALONG ROADSIDE AREAS IN POLAND.
- Authors
ŻOŁNIERCZUK, M.; FORNAL-PIENIAK, B.
- Abstract
Roadside areas are multifunctional elements of road surroundings (including their protective, socioaesthetic and biocenotic functions). The purpose of the article was to determine the impact of management and succession process on the herbaceous species composition of expressways roadsides in Poland. The research was conducted on the roadsides of expressways (S7, S8) in the Mazowieckie voivodship and the S17 express road in the Lubelskie voivodship in Poland. Three roadside zones were identified during this study. 29 transects were distinguished, in each of them 4 phytosociological records were taken. It was done analysis of plant species composition in projects, floral analysis and plant cover, phytosociological analysis, synoptic table and DCA, life forms, effects of the different factors as roads age, slope of the slope°, slope length on vegetation biodiversity. There were from four to five species of grass mixtures in roadside areas in the studied projects. Festuca rubra from 30% to 50% cover were dominating there. There were 116 species of vascular plants identified and they belong mostly to grasses communities such as Nardo-Callunetea (41%) and Molinio- Arrhenatheretea (31%). Mesohemerobes and perennial plants were dominating on roadside areas. Annual plants constitute 21% of the total while biennial plants as much as 5%. The age of road has got impact on decrease number of plants form the Poaceae family and when the slope length increases, the level of biodiversity of vegetation increases, too. On the basis of the analyzed cases, the mixtures used for sowing roadside slopes have a poor composition. This is an unfavorable situation that does not guarantee species stability. In order to preserve the spread of species composition, additional financial outlays and actions implementing the principles of sustainable development are necessary.
- Subjects
POLAND; VASCULAR plants; PLANT species; ROADSIDE improvement; ANNUALS (Plants); HERBACEOUS plants; EXPRESS highways
- Publication
Applied Ecology & Environmental Research, 2020, Vol 18, Issue 4, p5821
- ISSN
1589-1623
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15666/aeer/1804_58215839