CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSESSING THE PRODUCTIVITY OF
GRASSLANDS FROM THE MESEȘ MOUNTAINS
Simina Florica SĂLĂJAN-ȘTEF[1], Teodor MARUȘCA [2], Cristina I. PORR[3],
Cristina C. COMȘIA[4], Marcela
M. DRAGOȘ[5]
Abstract. The Meseș Mountains with
altitudes lower than 400 - 980 m are part of the Western Carpathians of
Romania, the northern branch. 123 floristic surveys were carried out on
grasslands with an average of 63 species per survey and 20 associations
belonging to 13 alliances, 9 orders and 6 phytosociological classes were
outlined. The average coverage with vegetation was 85%, of which 36% was
represented by forage species and 49% by species harmful to the grass carpet,
being grasslands in an advanced stage of degradation. The average pastoral
value of the practical associations is 24.3 (poor) and green mass production of
3.9 t/ha (poor) which allows a load of 0.35 LU/ha in a season of 170 days of
grazing. At the level of the most important and valuable phytosociological
alliances (=habitats), Agrostion stoloniferae, Cynosurion,
Danthonio-Brachypodion and Festucion valesiacae were assessed on average 9.2
t/ha of green mass, a load of 0.83 LU/ha, a pastoral value of 49 and a
production of 5,000 litters of cow's milk per hectare.
Keywords: mountain grasslands, grassland classification, pastoral value, production
of green mass and milk
DOI 10.56082/annalsarsciagr.2024.2.98
