An Investigation on Plants with Allergic Pollen: The Case of Rize Urban Open Green Areas

Year 2022, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 693 - 706, 30.12.2022

Erdi Ekren , Ömer Lütfü Çorbacı

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1124560

Abstract

With its environmental, social, and economic advantages, urban open and green areas play an essential role in improving the quality of life of city dwellers. Plants, which constitute the foundation of these areas, have both positive and detrimental effects on human health and provide numerous essential advantages to the urban ecosystem. One of these negative effects is that pollen causes allergic responses. The goal of this study was to identify allergenic plant taxa in Rize province's urban open green areas. In the Rize urban open green areas, 110 plant taxa that potentially induce allergic reactions were discovered as part of the study. These plants were evaluated in terms of family, life form, flowering period, allergen rate, protective case and location. As a result of this evaluation, from 110 plants; it was determined that 42 of them had low allergen rate, 26 of them had moderate allergen rate and 42 of them had high allergen rate. In addition, several proposals for using these species in planting design applications have been produced.

Keywords

Allergic plants, urban open green areas, Rize

Thanks

The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics committee permission was not required for the study.

Alerjik Polenlere Sahip Bitkiler Üzerine Bir Araştırma: Rize Kentsel Açık Yeşil Alanlar Örneği

Abstract

Kentsel açık ve yeşil alanlar sağladıkları çevresel, sosyal ve ekonomik faydalar ile kentlilerin yaşam kalitesinin iyileştirilmesinde önemli bir rol oynamaktadır. Bu alanların temelini oluşturan bitkiler, insan sağlığı üzerinde hem olumlu hem de olumsuz etkilere sahip olup, kentsel ekosisteme çok önemli katkılar sağlamaktadır. Bitkilerin olumsuz etkilerinden biri de polenlerin alerjik reaksiyonlara neden olmasıdır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Rize ilinin kentsel açık yeşil alanlarındaki alerjik bitki taksonlarını belirlemektir. Çalışma kapsamında Rize kentsel açık yeşil alanlarında alerjik reaksiyonlara neden olabilecek 110 bitki taksonu tespit edilmiştir. Bu bitkiler familya, yaşam formu, çiçeklenme dönemi, alerjen oranı, evcik durumu ve lokasyon açısından değerlendirilmiştir. Bu değerlendirme sonucunda 110 bitkiden; 42 tanesinin düşük alerjen oranı, 26 tanesinin orta düzeyde alerjen oranı ve 42 tanesinin yüksek alerjen oranına sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca, bu bitkilerin bitkisel tasarım çalışmalarında kullanımları ile ilgili çeşitli öneriler geliştirilmiştir.

Keywords

Alerjik bitkiler, kentsel açık yeşil alanlar, Rize

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