Abstract
This study was executed to determine the plant species of herbaceous cover in a skid road subjected to soil compaction due to timber skidding in a beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky.) stand. Our previous studies have shown that ground based timber skidding destroys the soils extremely, and degradations on ecosystem because of the timber skidding limit recovery and growth of plant cover on skid roads. However, some plant species show healthy habitat, recovery and they can survive after the extreme degradation in study area. We evaluated composition of these plant species and their cover-abundance scales in 100 m x 3 m transect. 15 plant species were determined belongs to 12 plant families and Liliaceae was the highest representative plant family. Smilax aspera L., Epimedium pubigerum (DC.) Moren et Decaisne, Carex distachya Desf. var. distachya Desf., Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn., Trachystemon orientalis (L.) G. Don, Hedera helix L. have the highest cover-abundance scale overall of determined species on compacted skid road.
Highlights
We evaluated survived herbaceous plant species composition and their coverabundance scales on the skid road subjected to compaction due to ground based timber skidding activities that have been carried out for many years in a beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky.)
Identified herbaceous plant species on skid road reported on the field, undetermined ones clipped and brought to the laboratory to determine by comparing the samples in Istanbul
The skidding works that have been carried on for many years in beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky) stand caused decreasing of the forest floor and the herbaceous cover on the skid road to a great extent
Summary
Hedera helix L. have the highest coverabundance scale overall of determined species on compacted skid road. Effects of roads on forest plant communities are less welldocumented [5]. We evaluated survived herbaceous plant species composition and their coverabundance scales on the skid road subjected to compaction due to ground based timber skidding activities that have been carried out for many years (since 1956) in a beech (Fagus orientalis Lipsky.)
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