Urban vascular flora and ecological characteristics of Mamak District Ankara/Turkey

Year 2018, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 123 - 131, 15.08.2018

Muhammed Hakan Çakmak Zeki Aytaç

Abstract

In this research, the urban flora of Mamak district in Ankara was studied and the negative consequences of unplanned urbanization ignoring ecological conditions were analysed in the context of urban ecology. For inventorying the species, primarily, plant specimens were collected from green areas such as parks, gardens, etc. within the district in vegetation periods. Then, the specimens were preserved in GAZI Herbarium. In this study, totally 233 plant taxa were determined; 118 of them were indigenous and 115 taxa were exotic and cultivated. Besides, archaeophyte and neophyte, endemic, urbanophile-urbanoneutral-urbanophobe taxa, and hemeroby scale of the study area were mentioned. In addition, the precautions to be taken against the negative consequences of unplanned urbanization were also emphasized in this paper. Finally, the importance of urban ecological and floristic studies for Mamak district in Ankara were presented with this study

Keywords

Ankara, Mamak, urban ecology, urban ecosystem, urban flora

Mamak İlçesinin Ankara/ Türkiye kentsel vasküler florası ve ekolojik özellikleri

Abstract

Bu araştırmada, Mamak ilçesinin kentsel florası araştırılmış ve ekolojik koşullar göz ardı edilerek gerçekleştirilen plansız kentleşmenin olumsuz sonuçları kentsel ekoloji bağlamında analiz edilmiştir. Türlerin envanteri çıkarılırken öncelikle, vejetasyon döneminde ilçedeki park, bahçe vb. yeşil alanlardan bitki örnekleri toplanmıştır. Toplanan örnekler, GAZI herbaryumunda muhafaza edilmektedir. Çalışmada toplam 233 takson tespit edilmiştir; bunlardan 118’i doğal, 115’i ise egzotik ve kültürdür. Bununla beraber, arkeofit ve neofit, endemik, urbanofil ve urbanofob bitkiler ile çalışma alanın hemerobi basamaklarından bahsedilmiştir. Bu çalışmada ayrıca plansız kentleşmenin olumsuz sonuçlarına karşı alınması gereken önlemler üzerinde de durulmuştur. Son olarak, bu çalışmayla Ankara'nın Mamak ilçesi için kent ekolojisi ve florası çalışmalarının önemi ortaya konulmuştur

Keywords

Ankara, Mamak, kentsel ekoloji, kent ekosistemi, şehir florası

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