The oak forest of the Dendropark “Оlexandria”. Part 1. From indigenous to anthropogenically transformed plantation
Journal: Plant Introduction
Year: 2023

This study aimed to determine the level of preservation of primeval forest criteria and the extent of anthropogenic transformation in the old-growth oak forest of the Dendropark “Оlexandria”. This age-old oak forest of natural origin covers an area of 31.8 ha with 1413 oaks. Another 8.8 ha of the oak plantations with 462 oaks belong to artificial landscape compositions.For over 200 years of existence since the creation of the Dendropark “Оlexandria”, the oak forest has preserved a number of crit