Exploring Dendroflora Diversity and Ecology in an Urban Arboretum from Western Romania: The Role of Plant Life-Form and Plant Family in Urban Woody Phytocoenosis DOI Creative Commons
M. Iordache,

Laurentiu Zamfir,

A. Becherescu

et al.

Plants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 717 - 717

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

The dendroflora of an urban arboretum (The Botanic Park Timișoara, Romania), consisting 193 species, was ecologically characterized as bioforms, phytogeographical elements, and preferences for moisture, temperature, soil pH. aim the research to determine whether native ecological requirements woody along with certain biological evolutionary traits them, such plant life-form family, could serve tools explaining understanding strategies employed by phytocoenoses acclimate adapt established environment, arboretum. inventoried species are grouped in 111 genera 45 families. non-native share 16 common most representative family both is Rosaceae. monotypic families largely present (22.22% dendroflora, 42.22% dendroflora). spectrum dominated megaphanerophytes (49%), followed mesophanerophytes (41%). chorological comprises types Eurasians (32%) Europeans (30%). characteristics Pontic-Carpathian space, which Romania belongs, rare analyzed botanical park (4%). mesophyte, mesothermal slightly acido-neutrophilous dominate dendroflora. In acclimation process 37% exceeded their 41% 50% temperature associated those moisture results show potential analysed exceed within adaption process, this studied temperate site, important, also family. arboretum, non-native, taxonomically biogeographically diverse, specific habitat requirements, suggesting great ability acclimating, adapting resisting.

Language: Английский

Exploring Dendroflora Diversity and Ecology in an Urban Arboretum from Western Romania: The Role of Plant Life-Form and Plant Family in Urban Woody Phytocoenosis DOI Creative Commons
M. Iordache,

Laurentiu Zamfir,

A. Becherescu

et al.

Plants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(5), P. 717 - 717

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

The dendroflora of an urban arboretum (The Botanic Park Timișoara, Romania), consisting 193 species, was ecologically characterized as bioforms, phytogeographical elements, and preferences for moisture, temperature, soil pH. aim the research to determine whether native ecological requirements woody along with certain biological evolutionary traits them, such plant life-form family, could serve tools explaining understanding strategies employed by phytocoenoses acclimate adapt established environment, arboretum. inventoried species are grouped in 111 genera 45 families. non-native share 16 common most representative family both is Rosaceae. monotypic families largely present (22.22% dendroflora, 42.22% dendroflora). spectrum dominated megaphanerophytes (49%), followed mesophanerophytes (41%). chorological comprises types Eurasians (32%) Europeans (30%). characteristics Pontic-Carpathian space, which Romania belongs, rare analyzed botanical park (4%). mesophyte, mesothermal slightly acido-neutrophilous dominate dendroflora. In acclimation process 37% exceeded their 41% 50% temperature associated those moisture results show potential analysed exceed within adaption process, this studied temperate site, important, also family. arboretum, non-native, taxonomically biogeographically diverse, specific habitat requirements, suggesting great ability acclimating, adapting resisting.

Language: Английский

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