Segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley

The objective of the study was to describe the segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley. A total of 367 species were recorded in spring and winter cereals, tuber crops, and stubble fields. Such floristic abundance may be due to the fact that the study area is located in the proximity of a ri...

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Main Author: Maria Ługowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Botanical Society 2014-12-01
Series:Acta Agrobotanica
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Online Access:https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/3519
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description The objective of the study was to describe the segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley. A total of 367 species were recorded in spring and winter cereals, tuber crops, and stubble fields. Such floristic abundance may be due to the fact that the study area is located in the proximity of a river where semi-natural communities interact directly with communities inhabiting cultivated fields and that fields are fragmented and characterised by different habitats. There were more apophytes (62%) than anthropophytes (38%) in the flora studied. Meadow apophytes were the dominant native species (35%) and archeophytes were the dominant anthropophytes (69%). The analysis of the life spectrum revealed that there were more therophytes (50%) than hemicryptophytes (39%). What is more, non-perennial species constituted 56% and perennials 44% of the segetal flora established in the Middle Vistula River Valley. The large proportion of archeophytes (26%) may indicate that traditional farming predominated in the study area.
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spelling doaj.art-cad333c60f044bcf975b8ef32c73fda02022-12-22T03:46:54ZengPolish Botanical SocietyActa Agrobotanica2300-357X2014-12-016749911410.5586/aa.2014.0523977Segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River ValleyMaria Ługowska0Department of Agricultural Ecology, University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Prusa 14, 08-110 SiedlceThe objective of the study was to describe the segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley. A total of 367 species were recorded in spring and winter cereals, tuber crops, and stubble fields. Such floristic abundance may be due to the fact that the study area is located in the proximity of a river where semi-natural communities interact directly with communities inhabiting cultivated fields and that fields are fragmented and characterised by different habitats. There were more apophytes (62%) than anthropophytes (38%) in the flora studied. Meadow apophytes were the dominant native species (35%) and archeophytes were the dominant anthropophytes (69%). The analysis of the life spectrum revealed that there were more therophytes (50%) than hemicryptophytes (39%). What is more, non-perennial species constituted 56% and perennials 44% of the segetal flora established in the Middle Vistula River Valley. The large proportion of archeophytes (26%) may indicate that traditional farming predominated in the study area.https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/3519segetal plantsanthropophytesapophytesagrocenosesMiddle Vistula River Valley
spellingShingle Maria Ługowska
Segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley
Acta Agrobotanica
segetal plants
anthropophytes
apophytes
agrocenoses
Middle Vistula River Valley
title Segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley
title_full Segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley
title_fullStr Segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley
title_full_unstemmed Segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley
title_short Segetal flora of the Middle Vistula River Valley
title_sort segetal flora of the middle vistula river valley
topic segetal plants
anthropophytes
apophytes
agrocenoses
Middle Vistula River Valley
url https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/3519
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