Natural renewal of Pinus pallasiana D. Don on a iron ore dump in Kriviy Rig region

oleh: I.I. Korshikov, O.V. Krasnoshtan, N.S. Terlyga, A.E. Mazur

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: NAS of Ukraine, M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden 2005-12-01

Deskripsi

The article provides a description of renewal phenomenon of Pinus pallasiana D. Don on iron ore dumps in Kriviy Rig region. The phenomenon takes place around 25–30 year old stands of this species which were formerly planted during the reclamation of the dump. The area of P. pallasiana introduction micropopulations forming of the dump exceeds ten  fold that of initial stands. Vital state of self sown stand is good. Its age composition varies from 2 to 10 years, the density being 7–80 specimens per 100 m2.