The Lichen Biota of Pinus sylvestris Under the Impact of Some Stand-Related Factors: A Case Study from the South-Eastern Part of Żerków-Czeszewo Landscape Park (Wielkopolska-Kujawy Lowland)

Daria Zarabska-Bożejewicz,Piotr Zaniewski,Krzysztof Kujawa

doi:10.5586/am.562

Abstract

AbstractA lichenological inventory was conducted in the pine stands in the south-eastern region of Żerków-Czeszewo Landscape Park. The aim of this study was to recognize the lichen species diversity on the bark ofPinus sylvestrisby considering tree age and forest habitat type. In total, 26 species of lichenized fungi were found on the bark ofP. sylvestris. The biota comprises common and widespread species in Poland. Tree age positively and significantly influenced the species richness on the bark ofP. sylvestris. The suitability of the pine tree age for lichens evident as alpha diversity seemed to be independent from the habitat of the trees. The age of phorophytes strongly affected the presence ofHypocenomyce scalaris. Mixed fresh coniferous forests were characterized by higher beta- and gamma diversity compared to fresh coniferous forests. There was no correlation between the number of species per tree (alpha diversity) and diversification of species composition in relation to the distance between pines. The findings indicate that maintenance of a variety of phorophytes and age-diversified tree stands can prevent impoverishment of the lichen biota in the south-eastern part of Żerków-Czeszewo Landscape Park.

Highlights

Coniferous forests dominate the forest habitat types in Poland and occupy 50.1% of the total forest area (Zajączkowski et al, 2019)
To verify the effect of the age of trees and forest habitat types, an analysis considered the lichens growing on the bark of 178 P. sylvestris trees located in MFC and FC, excluding other forest habitat types because of the small number of samples
26 species of lichenized fungi were recorded on the bark of P. sylvestris in the pine forests in the south-eastern part of Żerków-Czeszewo Landscape Park

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Introduction

Coniferous forests dominate the forest habitat types in Poland and occupy 50.1% of the total forest area (Zajączkowski et al, 2019). Zarabska-Bożejewicz and Kujawa / Lichen Biota of Pinus sylvestris Influenced by Stand-Related Factors substrata (Kapusta et al, 2004), and the chemical and physical properties of the bark of phorophytes (Hauck, 2011 and literature cited there; Hauck & Spribille, 2005; Kapusta et al, 2004; Kolanko, 2013; Kubiak, 2013; Sevgi et al, 2019). Some species, including rare taxa, can find favorable conditions for their establishment and persistence in higher parts of the trunk and branches of P. sylvestris (Marmor et al, 2013)

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