Dendrometrijske karakteristike planinskog javora (Acer heldreichii. Orph.) u istočnom dijelu Bosne i Hercegovine

Abstract

Balkan maple spreads throughout the entire Balkan Peninsula from Greece in the south, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, all the way to the northernmost deposit in Serbia on Mount Rudnik, and the northernmost deposit in Bosnia and Herzegovina on the slopes of Mount Trebević. This study presents the results of dendrometric characteristics of Balkan maple at the Trebević, Jahorina, and Tvičijak sites near Rogatica. The analysis included a total of 75 trees, where all the trees of the Balkan maple were found and marked by examining the three mentioned research sites. Populations of Balkan maple were found on the north and northeast exposure of the investigated areas at altitudes up to 1570 m, which also shows, according to previous research, that the largest quantity and coverage, as well as the greatest dimension, of Balkan maple are reached in subalpine vegetation. Balkan maple has great significance in terms of protecting the soil from erosion, improving ecological conditions for the survival of other plant species, and due to the increasing frequency of logging for the purpose of forming ski slopes, cable cars and power lines on our mountains, Balkan maple is becoming increasingly rare, so it needs to be given much more attention.