Phytosociological studies

For proper management of forest resources, it is necessary to fully recognize natural conditions, in particular soils, plant communities, forest habitat types, and their interdependencies. Proper identification of plant communities contributes to a comprehensive recognition of the state of forest biocenosis, living conditions, and changes occurring in it. This is the basic condition for preserving or restoring the natural values of the forest using the methods of rational forest management conducted on an ecological basis.

The aim of phytosociological work is a detailed inventory and cartography of plant communities along with the identification of current and potential plant communities, the degree of distortion and degradation of habitats, and indicating directions and methods to revitalize phytocenoses deviating from their normal state. This is the main condition for creating the right basis for assessing the natural conditions of the analysed object and making silviculture and conservation decisions, in order to restore forest communities as close to the natural ones as possible, guaranteeing full use of the habitats’ potential.