A Study on Weed Flora of Meadow Pasture Areas: Pastures of Muş Province, Turkey

Abstract

With this study, it was aimed to scientifically detect the weeds that pose a problem in the meadow-pasture areas of Muş province. For this purpose, field studies were carried out in 37 meadow pasture areas in Muş province. The information such as location, habitat, and altitude of the plant samples collected as a result of the field studies was recorded. For the identification of plant taxa, "Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands" has been used. The determined taxa were evaluated at the species level, and the damage patterns of weed species were categorized according to the relevant literature. As a result of this study, 211 weed species belonging to 22 families were determined throughout the Muş province. The families with the most taxa were Asteraceae (50 species), Lamiaceae (36 species), Cyperaceae (21 species), and Ranunculaceae (18 species). Damage patterns of each weed species were determined in meadow pasture areas. As a result, it has been determined that harmful species are dense in some areas. Among the most important reasons for this is early spring grazing, uncontrolled and over-capacity grazing can be counted.

Keywords

• invasive plants
• taxonomy
• meadow-pasture
• muş