Research Article

Dynamic of Plant Composition and Regeneration following Windthrow in a Temperate Beech Forest

Table 1

Floristic list of herbaceous and regeneration species in the study area.

ā€‰SpeciesLife form ChorotypeFamily

Herbal layerCarex acutiformis L.CrH-MCyperaceae
Rubus caesius L.PhHUrticaceae
Pteris cretica L.CrPOLPteridaceae
Asperula odorata L.HeH-MRubiaceae
Conyza bonariensis L.HePOLCompositae
Lamium album L.CrHLabiatae
Oplismenus undulatifolius P.CrH-M-ITGramineae
Viola odorata L.HeH-MViolaceae
Ruscus hyrcanus L.PhHLiliaceae
Phyllitis scolopendrium L.CrHAsteliaceae
Solanum kieseritzki L.CrHUmbelliferae
Epimedium pinnatum L. HeHPodophyllaceae
Danae racemosa L.PhHLiliaceae
Hedera pastuchovii Woron. ExPhHAraliaceae
Sambucus ebulus L.HePOLCaprifoliaceae
Brachypodium pinnatum L. HeH-M-ITGramineae
Hyperium ondrosaemus L.PhH-MHypericaceae
Equisetum ramosissimum L.CrHEquisetaceae
Euphorbia amygdaloides L.HeHGramineae
Pteridium aquilinum L. CrH-MPolypodiaceae
Cyclamen coum L.CrH-M-ITPrimulaceae
Primula heterochroma L.HeHPrimulaceae

Regeneration layerDiospyros lotus L.PhHEbenaceae
Carpinus betulus L.PhHBetulaceae
Fagus orientalis Lipsky.PhHFagaceae
Acer insigne B.PhHAceraceae
Parrotia persica DC. PhHHamamelidaceae
Albizia julibrissin Durazz.PhHLeguminosae
Acer cappadocicum Boiss.PhHAceraceae
Ficus carica L. PhPOLMoraceae
Prunus persica L.PhHRosaceae
Ulmus glabra Huds.PhHUlmaceae

Life form: Ph: Phanerophyte. Cr: Cryptophyte. He: Hemicriptophyte.
Chorotype: H: Hyrcanian. M: Mediterranean. It: Irano-Turanian. Pol: Poly zonal.