Wpływ zrębu zupełnego i sztucznego odnowienia sosną na skład roślinności boru świeżego w Puszczy Białowieskiej

The paper discusses the impact of clear−cutting and artificial regeneration on species composition of the fresh coniferous Vaccinio vitis−idaeae – Pinetum association Sokoł. 1981. The studies were conducted in the maturing artificially established stands (of 55−77 years) and 150−180 year−old natural old−growth stands in the Polish and Belarusian part of the Białowieża Primeval Forest. No quantitative and qualitative differences were found in species composition and structure between the two groups of stands. The lack of significant differences between the two development stages was ascertained using ecological indicator values. In the maturing stands the non−forest species were not found, and all species (so−called euphytes??), characteristic of the Vaccinio vitis−idaeae – Pinetum association, were already present there. This means that the use of a clear cutting system emulating the catastrophic natural disturbance pattern of forest dynamics in this association did not entail permanent changes in the ground vegetation.