Open AccessStosunki geobotaniczno-leśne północnej części Wyżyny Śląsko-Krakowskiej na tle zróżnicowania i przemian środowiska [The variability and changes of forest vegetation in the northern part of the Silesia-Cracow Uplands]
Author(s) -
Janusz Hereźniak
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
monographiae botanicae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 2392-2923
pISSN - 0077-0655
DOI - 10.5586/mb.1993.001
Subject(s) - vegetation (pathology) , flora (microbiology) , geography , threatened species , vascular plant , habitat , ecology , forestry , range (aeronautics) , species richness , geology , biology , medicine , paleontology , materials science , pathology , bacteria , composite material
As a result of geobotanical research in a 3500 km 2 study area located in southern Poland it was determined that the native flora of vascular plants comprises about 1180 species, of which 46 are mountainous, 54 reach there the limit of their range, 5 are endemic, 44 threatened, 89 legally protected and many are rare in the scale of the country and region. Forests are differentiated into 17 associations and 3 communities. The dependence of the flora and vegetation on the type of habitat and human economic activity is demonstrated. Historical changes in the plant cover, mainly forest one, between the Middle Ages and today, mostly under the impact of anthropogenic factors, arę also presented.