DISTRIBUTION CHARACTERISTICS OF MISTLETOE (VISCUM ALBUM L.) IN ROADSIDE FOREST BELTS FOREST-STEPPE AND POLESIE OF UKRAINE
Abstract
The results of research of Mistletoe distribution in Ukraine Polissya and Lisostep withing Vynnitska, Zhytomyrska and Cherkaska region were done. Degree of negative influences withing tree belts along roads was fufilled. It was also determined trees and bushes species which was under Mistletoe invasion and species which was free from Mistletoe. Specific invasion withing species from different territories were investigate. The most sensitive for Mistletoespecies and also species which was not licking were determined also. The analysis of 1699 trees and bushes showed that 30 % of them are affected by mistletoe whites. 34 species of trees and bushes were investigated for their invasion by mistletoe. Among them, 15 species were affected. It was 44 % of their total number. Some species have reached a catastrophic infection by mistletoe, which leads to their drying out. Among them are some species of poplars, sorb, linden. The kind of the way of Mistletoe spreading, minimization withing tree belts along roads were purposed
Keywords
mistletoe, Viscum album L., spreading of mistletoe, forest-steppe, polesie, species invasion, territorial invasion