Soil properties in sessile oak forests (Quercetum montanum typicum Čer. et Jov. 1953) in the area of Fruška Gora [Serbia] | Особине земљишта у шумама храста китњака (Quercetum montanum typicum Čer. et Jov. 1953) на подручју Фрушке Горе [Србија]
2011
Кнежевић, М., Шумарски факултет, Београд (Serbia) | Бабић, В., Шумарски факултет, Београд (Serbia) | Галић, З., Институт за низијско шумарство и животну средину, Нови Сад (Serbia) | Кошанин, О., Шумарски факултет, Београд (Serbia)
The study results on the soils formed on sandstones in monodominant sessile oak forest (Quercetum montanum typicum Čer. et Jov. 1953) in the area of the National Park Fruška Gora are presented. The geographical position, the size of the massif and a highly developed relief, its geological- petrographic and pedological, as well as macroclimate and microclimate diversity, together with a rich paleobotanic and syndynamic past, made Fruška Gora a very complex ecological and vegetational system. The entire Vojvodina, and thus also the area of Fruška Gora, is characterised by temperate continental climate with clear alternation of seasons. The following two soil types were determined in the study of sessile oak stands, based on the Soil Classification of Yugoslavia (Škorić et al., 1985): dystric brown soil (dystric cambisol), and illimerised (lessive) soil (luvisol). The common characteristic of both soil types is the acid reaction of the soil solution. Based on the study results of analytic parameters, it can be stated that leached soil provides more favourable ecological conditions for the growth of forest trees and it has a higher fertility potential compared to typical acid brown soil. The main factors of the more favourable ecological conditions for the growth of forest trees are the soil properties which affect the water regime and the water availability to plants, i.e.: the solum depth, textural composition and physiography.
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