Determination of vegetation characteristics of Ilıcapınar Highland Pasture (Taşkent)

Abstract

This study was conducted of Ilıcapınar highland pasture in Taşkent district of Konya in 2017-2018. The aim of this study was to determine the plant covered area, botanical composition, grazing capacity, aboveground biomass, belowground biomass and pasture condition in a pasture. Vegetation measurements were conducted in spring and autumn periods. Quadrat and line intercept methods were used in order to determine the characteristics of pasture vegetation in the research area. The plant-covered area was determined as nearly 33.5%. The botanical composition of the study area consists of 56.2% Poaceae, 12.0% Fabaceae and 31.8% other families. The aboveground and belowground biomass productions were calculated as 474.8 kg/da and 820.5 kg/da respectively. As a result, the grazing capacity of the pasture area was determined as 36.9 animal units. The pasture condition was found to be moderate. According to these results, conservation of natural vegetation and complying with grazing capacity is very important for sustainable pasture management.

Keywords

• mera vejetasyonu
• botanik kompozisyon
• topraküstü biyokütle
• taşkent
• pasture vegetation
• botanical composition
• aboveground biomass
• taşkent