Investigating the establishment of some forest Rosaceae species at low altitudes of the Hyrcanian zone

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Botany Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extention Organization, Nowshahr, Iran.

10.22059/jfwp.2023.352921.1232

Abstract

Botanical gardens are places where different types of forest and non-forest plants are grown for research, education, and tourism. This research was conducted from the beginning of 2016 until the beginning of 2022 at the Nowshahr Botanical Garden. The experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with eight treatments in three replicates. The treatments consisted of several species of Rosaceae shrubs, including apple (Malus orientalis Uglitzk. ex Juz.), pear (Pyrus kandovanica Ghahreman, Khatamsaz, & Mozaffarian), pear (Pyrus mazanderanica Schonb.-Tem), black hawthorn (Crataegus melanocarpa M.B.), red hawthorn (Crataegus microphylla K. Koch.), thornless forest plum (Prunus divaricata Ledeb.), spiny forest plum (Prunus spinosa L.) and forest parsnip (Mespilus germanica L.). Seedlings of the Rosaceae shrub species from the Hyrcanian forests were collected from their main habitat at the heights of Mazandaran Province and planted in Nowshahr Botanical Garden at an elevation of 24 m below sea level. The results of the tests and comparison of the averages using the least significant difference (LSD) test method showed that there was a significant difference in the growth of the species compared with the change in altitude. The highest growth in collar diameter was observed in both hawthorn species (Black Velik and Red Velik), and the growth of hawthorn species was associated with fertility in the first five years of the study. Therefore, hawthorn species were the most compatible treatments in terms of their establishment in response to altitude changes.

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