Low-productivity forests in Working Unit III Jitin
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59463/hyje3k56Keywords:
site quality, stand density, natural stand, artificial stand, modified standAbstract
Working Unit III Jitin, administrated by Forest District Oravita, Caras Severin Forest Directorate is located in The South of the Banat Mountain and occupies the high hilly of Semenic. The most representative unit of relief is the slope. Low-productivity forests occupied 39% of the total area of the working unit. There are low-productivity natural stands, low-productivity modified stands, middle-productivity modified stands and low-productivity artificial stands. The research has focused on low-productivity modified stands and low-productivity artificial stands representing 6.5% of the working unit forest to highlight the potential to increase productivity. The modified stands analyses are forests with a high percentage of European hornbeam and manna ash. The artificial stands are plantations with pine and European beech mixed with species naturally regenerated by seed or sprout like sessile oak, manna ash, silver fir and different hardwood species. There are also black locusts regenerated naturally by sprouting. Of the 259.16 ha of low-productivity stands, 93% are stands located in low-productivity habitats (low-productivity modified stands and low-productivity artificial stands), 7% stands in middle-productivity habitat (low-productivity modified stands – 3% and middle-productivity modified stands-4%).
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