The Investigation of Some Soil and Morphological Properties of Trees in Conversion of Marsh into Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Dehn) Different Ages Plantation, (Mediterranean Region – Turkey)

Year 2019, Volume: 19 Issue: 2, 197 - 213, 30.09.2019

Ceyhun Göl , Meliha Çiçek

https://doi.org/10.17475/kastorman.625684

Abstract

Aim of study: To determine soil and tree morphological
properties in eucalyptus forests of difference between three age groups.

Area of study: This research was carried out in eucalyptus
plantation that has been established for both marsh rehabilitation and agro-industrial purposes.

Material and
Method: In each sampling plot
(select randomly from three differently aged plantation forests.), soil
properties and morphological characteristics of thirty-six trees were
investigated.

Main results: According to the obtained findings, the soil
properties (0-30 cm) changed with the increasing age of the plantation. There was a little difference in
the soil properties (30-60 cm). Investigations on the morphological
characteristics of seedling found average diameters (d_1.3) of 11.7 -
14.5 - 21.5 cm, in the plantations aged and average lengths of 11.0 - 15.8 -
21.7 m, 3, 5, and 9 years-old respectively. The morphological properties of
trees were statistically significant at the 0.05 level.

Highlights: Rapid development in tree height in the early
years, followed by rapid growth in diameter in the sapling years is understood.
The soil properties of the research area were determined to be quite suitable
for eucalyptus species.

Keywords

Eucalyptus, Industrial Plantation, Site Requirements, Soil

Supporting Institution

TUBITAK

Project Number

1919B011502612

Thanks

We thank TUBITAK for its contribution. We would also like to thank the Directorate of the Eastern Mediterranean Forestry Research Institute and the Karabucak Forestry sub-district headquarters for helping with the database and fieldwork. The authors would like to especially thank anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions which improved the quality of the paper. The authors would like to thank Bianka Martinez (native speaker) for her grammatical revision of the manuscript

Bataklıktan Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Dehn) Plantasyon Ormanına Dönüştürülen Alanda Bazı Toprak ve Ağaç Morfolojik Özelliklerinin İncelenmesi (Akdeniz Bölgesi - Türkiye)

Abstract

Çalışmanın amacı: Bu çalışmanın amacı, üç farklı
dikim zamanına sahip Okaliptüs plantasyon orman sahalarında, ağaçların bazı
morfolojik özellikleri ve toprak özelliklerinin incelenmesidir.

Çalışma alanı: Bu araştırma, Tarsus-Karabucak Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Dehn) endüstriyel
plantasyon sahasında yürütülmüştür.

Materyal ve Yöntem: Araştırmada,
üç farklı yaş grubu (3 - 5 - 9 yaş) plantasyon sahalarında, tesadüfi
parsellerde birer örnekleme alanı belirlenmiştir. Örnekleme alanlarda, toprak
özellikleri ve 36 ağaçta bazı morfolojik özellikler araştırılmıştır.

Sonuçlar: Elde edilen bulgulara göre yüzey
toprakları orta ve hafif bünyeli, toprak reaksiyonları alkali ve orta alkali,
kireç miktarı %25 - 59, tuzsuz, organik madde miktarı %2.02 - 3.68, hacim
ağırlığı 0.96 - 1.06 gr.cm^-3 özellik göstermiştir. Fidanların
morfolojik özellikleri incelendiğinde ortalama çaplar 3 - 5 ve 9 yaş
gruplarında sırasıyla 11.7 - 14.5 - 21.5 cm, ortalama boylar ise aynı yaş
sıralamasına göre 11.0 - 15.8 - 21.7 m dir. Farklı yaş gruplarına ait ağaçların
morfolojik özellikleri istatistiksek olarak önemli fark göstermiştir
(P<0.005).

Önemli vurgular: Ağaçların erken yaşlarda hızlı
boy gelişimi, ilerleyen yaşlarda ise hızlı çap gelişimi yaptıkları
anlaşılmıştır. Okaliptüs türü için araştırma alanı toprak özelliklerinin
oldukça uygun olduğu ve buna bağlı olarak dikilen fidanların yüksek çap ve boy
gelişim gösterdikleri belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Okaliptüs, Endüstriyel Ağaçlandırma, Yetişme Ortamı, Toprak

Project Number

1919B011502612

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