<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The process of forest fragmentation has been observed in many countries, where plant species had adapt to different habitats, such as for example manor parks and rural plantings. A number of scientists have studied the parks as sites where waning environments and landscapes find their shelter. In 2011-2012, research was undertaken on diversity of vegetation in afforestations of parks, rural plantings and oak-hornbeam forests in Sandomierz Basin. In order to compare the means obtained univariate analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) was used with juxtaposing divided by each of the two criteria: size (the small, and large parks) and conservation(cultivated parks and nonclutivated parks). Tukey’s test was used to examine the significance of differences between respective groups. Analyses were with STATISTICA 9.1. software. Plants classified as forest species, grassland species and those of synanthropic communities were observed in all the afforestations. The parks with high wooded and not mowed areas and oak-hornbeam forests were more forest-like than other types of afforestations studied.</p></abstract>

The process of forest fragmentation has been observed in many countries, where plant species had adapt to different habitats, such as for example manor parks and rural plantings. A number of scientists have studied the parks as sites where waning environments and landscapes find their shelter. In 2011-2012, research was undertaken on diversity of vegetation in afforestations of parks, rural plantings and oak-hornbeam forests in Sandomierz Basin. In order to compare the means obtained univariate analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) was used with juxtaposing divided by each of the two criteria: size (the small, and large parks) and conservation(cultivated parks and nonclutivated parks). Tukey’s test was used to examine the significance of differences between respective groups. Analyses were with STATISTICA 9.1. software. Plants classified as forest species, grassland species and those of synanthropic communities were observed in all the afforestations. The parks with high wooded and not mowed areas and oak-hornbeam forests were more forest-like than other types of afforestations studied.

Diversity of flora in the undergrowth of park afforestations, rural plantings and oak-hornbeam forests

Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Faculty of Horticulture, Biotechnology and Landscape Architecture, Department of Environment Protection, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Department of Experimental Design and Bioinformatics, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Folia Forestalia Polonica

The process of forest fragmentation has been observed in many countries, where plant species had adapt to different habitats, such as for example manor parks...

Diversity of flora in the undergrowth of park afforestations, rural plantings and oak-hornbeam forests

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 132 - 136

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2013-00014

Keywords
undergrowth, flora, park, rural plantings, forest

This content is open access.

Diversity of flora in the undergrowth of park afforestations, rural plantings and oak-hornbeam forests

Published Online: Dec 31, 2013

Page range: 132 - 136

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2013-00014

Keywordsundergrowth, flora, park, rural plantings, forest

This content is open access.

Keywords
undergrowth, flora, park, rural plantings, forest