Orographic unit | Stare Hory Mts. | Stare Hory Mts. | Strazov Mts | Great Fatra |
Name | LAG | PAV | STR | VFA |
Type of management | managed forest with the main protection function—soil erosion, water retention | managed forest with the main wood production function, 7% of plots are special purpose forests with main protection function | 52%—managed forest with the main protection function—soil erosion, water retention 48%—managed forest with the main wood production function | managed forest with the main protection function—soil erosion, water retention, 10%—managed forest with the main wood production function |
Altitude (m asl) | 603–688 | 640–720 | 710–930 | 940–1,030 |
Exposition | NE | S, NE | NW–N–NE | NW–N–NE |
Slope inclination | 20–40° | 10–30° | 25–45° | 20–40° |
Ground surface | sampling plots had no parent rock present on the surface ground | sampling plots had no parent rock present on the surface ground | 13% of sampling plots had parent rock present on the surface ground | 25% of sampling plots had parent rock present on the surface ground |
Canopy cover estimation | 0.7–1.0 all plots placed inside the forest stands | 0.7–1.0 57% of plots placed inside the forest stand 43% of plots placed in cut forest where yew trees were present in group of trees of remaining mature stand | 0.4–1.0 83% of plots placed inside the forest stands 17% of plots placed in cut forest where yew trees grow solitary or in small groups of trees | 0.7–1.0 all plots placed inside the forest stands |
Sign of disturbance (based on stumps being present on the sampling plot) | all plots | all plots except two | all plots | 1/3 of plots were recorded as having no disturbance sign |
Relief | 93% of plots were established in the middle and upper part of the hill (slope) | except one, all plots were established in the middle and upper part of the hill (slope) | plots were established mainly (74%) in the middle part of the hill (slope) | plots were established in the middle and upper part of the hill (slope) |
Number of plots | 30 | 30 (13-fieldmapped) | 23 | 31 |
Size of the plot (m2) | 500 | 500 (one plot—2,500) | 500 (1x300; 2x200) | 500 |
Radius (m) | 12.62 | 12.62 | 12.62 (1x9.77; 2x7.98) | 12.62 |
Number of tree species | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
Year of the sampling | 2017 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Disturbance | small scale signs of disturbance—selfthining or windthrow of trees | regeneration cut has begun in forest stands | small scale signs of disturbance—selfthinning 17% of plots—finished regeneration cut | small scale signs of disturbance—selfthining or windthrow of trees 6% of plots—regeneration cut |