a Record control number 000260158200017

a ISSN 0556-3321

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number QK9

b Item number .A5 2008

a Personal name Gucel, Salih,

a Title An Overview Of The Geobotanical Structure Of Turkish Pinus Sylvestris And Carpinus Betulus Forests

h Medium Electronic Document

c Statement of responsibility, etc Salih Guecel, Kürşat Özkan, Sezgin Çelik, Ersin Yücel, Münir Öztürk.

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2008.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Pakistan Botanical Soc.,

a Summary, etc Pinus L and Carpinus L. are the two widely distributed genera of gymnosperms being represented by 80 and 170 species respectively. The former has 5 species in Turkey and latter 2 species namely; P.pinea, P.halepensis, P.brutia, P.sylvestris, P.nigra ssp.pallasiana, Carpinus betulus and C.orientalis. In this paper an attempt has been made to present all overview of the geobotanical structure of Pinus sylvestris L. and Carpinus betulus L. in Turkey. Out of 20.2 million hectares of forests in Turkey yellow pine covers nearly 1.3 million ha and hornbeam species around 10 thousand ha. The forests of P. sylvestris are found in North, Northeast Anatolia, oil Murat Mountains around Kutahya and C. betulus mainly in Thrace, Marmara, Black Sea and Inner Anatolia. P.sylvestris is represented by 9 associations;Pinus sylvestris-Vaccinum myrtillus, Pinus sylvestris - Daphne glomerata, Pinus sylvestis - Astragalus adzharicus, Pinus sylvestris-Lilium ciliatum, Pinus sylvestris-Daphne pontica, Pinus sylvestris-Populus tremula, Populo-Pinetum sylvestris, Pinus sylvestris-Orthilio secundo, Pinus sylvestris Llazica-Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum, Triseto-Pinetum sylvestris. whereas C.betulus has only 6 associations Carpinus betulus-Scaligeria tripartita, Carpinus betulus-Acer campestre, Quercus petraea ssp. iberica-Carpinus betulus, Carpinus betulus-Quercus petrae ssp. iberica, Fagus orientalis-Carpinus betulus. P.sylvestris associations are floristically rich having 275 taxa as compared to C.betulus forests which embody only 121 taxa. The life form spectrum of P.sylvestris forests includes 146 chamaephytes, 44 hemicryptophytes, 40 phanerophytes, 28 cryptophytes and 17 therophytes, whereas C.betulus forests include 23 phanerophytes, 39 chamephytes, 36 hemicryptophytes,14 cryptophytes and 8 therophytes. Phytogeographically a major part of the taxa in P.sylvestris forests are Euro-Siberian elements (24.4%) followed by the Irano-Turanian (6.4%) and Mediterranean (1.4%). In C.betulus forests the distribution is as follows; Euro-Siberian-Euxine elements (83%) followed by Mediterranean (14%) and Irano-Turanian (3%). These observations stress the fact that geobotanically these forests prefer mainly high altitude moist habitats in the north and northeastern parts of Turkey.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Plant Sciences

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Vegetation

g Relationship information AUG 2008, Vol.40 Issue 4, p1497-1520, Special Issue: SI

t Title Pakistan Journal Of Botany

x International Standard Serial Number 05563321