The coenological adaptability and vitality of artificially-established stands in the forest of Hungarian oak and turkey oak in Lipovica near Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

This article shows the results of coenological and vital adaptation, and in that regard planned sustainability, of certain species inside artificially established stands in forests of Hungarian oak and Turkey oak (Quercetum farnetto-cerris Rud. 1949.) on loam soil, located in the forest complex Lipovica near Belgrade. Results of this research have undoubtedly confirmed that cultivating certain species in these parts is worth the effort, since they have shown extreme coenological adaptability and vitality. These species are the English Oak, Large Leaved Lime, European Ash and Black Pine. The inability to adapt and survive in the type of habitat present in Hungarian oak and Turkey oak forests on loam soil was registered in the case of the Pennsylvanian Ash, which is both coenologically and ecologically impossible to maintain in this habitat, along with the Maple and Black Locust. Considering the primary goals of government over the forest complex Lipovica, and in order to secure the biological stability and multifunctional content, these species should be restituted among the primary types of species (Hungarian and Turkey oaks) or to the species which have shown coenological stability and vitality (Large Leaved Lime, European Ash, English Oak).