The available situation of meadows in Şanlıurfa and the usage areas of useful and harmful plants

Year 2020, Volume: 8 Issue: 3, 152 - 162, 02.10.2020

Ayşe Çalık

https://doi.org/10.31195/ejejfs.771601

Abstract

Meadows and grasslands are one of the most important natural resources in the region. These areas are the cheapest sources of production where our need for animal nutrition is met, as well as where the need for roughage is met so that animals can produce high yields. As a result of continuous excessive and uncontrolled grazing of meadows and grasslands, losses have occurred in the existing vegetation cover. These areas are covered with plant communities where animals do not eat and have difficulty in digestion. To correct this situation and take necessary measures, a vegetation study was carried out in 2016. In the study carried out in the single and fatik mountains representing the city of Şanlıurfa, vegetation study was carried out with the wheel point method and it was studied in 12 determined areas. According to the results of the study, 32% of the pastures are covered with plants, while the remaining part is devastated by overgrazing and drought. Nowadays, plants that grow spontaneously in meadows and pastures are the food sources consumed by people in various ways. Plants that are beneficial according to the structure and properties of the plants collected by humans have been used by people for making food rather than medicine. Some of the plants have a poisonous effect and if the animals consume, the damage occurs. Useful and harmful plant species rates were determined as 19.3% and 32.5%, respectively. Poisonous herbs cause anorexia in animals, irreversible problems in excessive use, and even cause their death. As a result, the plants that are beneficial and harmful to human health in the meadow pastures of Şanlıurfa province, the existence of these plants should be protected and their properties and use should be explained to people, both medically and as a food. It was concluded that the pastures in two different mountains in Şanlıurfa province were degraded due to overgrazing and that they should be urgently protected by applying appropriate breeding methods.

Keywords

Meadows, Grassland, Useful, Harmful, Content, Ingredients

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