Phytosociological investigations of Pinus pinea L., forests in the North-East Anatolia region (Trabzon and Artvin - Turkey)

摘要

In this study phytosociological structure of Pinus pinea L., forests that occurs in Trabzon and Artvin provinces in the East-Black Sea region in Turkey has been investigated. From the phytogeographical view point, it is situated in Euro-Siberian floristic region. The vegetation of the study area was analyzed according to Braun-Blanquet method and the plant associations were typified by considering characteristic species. We describe I plant association and 2 subassociations belonging to forest vegetation types in the study area.