Simina Florica SĂLĂJAN-ȘTEF1, Teodor MARUȘCA2, Cristina I. PORR3, Cristina C. COMȘIA4, Marcela M. DRAGOȘ5
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
1University of Oradea, e-mail: simi_flory@yahoo.com
2Academy of Romanian Scientists, Research and development Institute for Grasslands Brașov, Romania, e-mail: maruscat@yahoo.com
3Research and development Institute for Grasslands Brașov, Romania, e-mail: cristina.porr@pajisti-grassland.ro
4Research and development Institute for Grasslands Brașov, Romania, e-mail: cristina.comsia@pajisti-grassland.ro)
5Research and development Institute for Grasslands Brașov, Romania, e-mail: marcela.dragos@pajisti-grassland.ro)
PUBLISHED in Annals Academy of Romanian Scientists Series on Agriculture, Silviculture and Veterinary Medicine Sciences, Volume 13 no 2, 2024