Productivity and economic effectiveness of young black locust tree stands on afforested sulphur opencast mine sites

Autorzy

  • Justyna Likus-Cieślik University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Ecological Engineering and Forest Hydrology,
    al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Poland
    e-mail: justyna.likus@urk.edu.pl
  • Dawid Leńczuk University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Ecological Engineering and Forest Hydrology
    al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Poland
  • Bartłomiej Woś University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Ecological Engineering and Forest Hydrology
    al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Poland
  • Adam Lubera State Forests National Forest Holding, Regional Direction of State Forest in Radom, Staszów Forest Inspectorate
    ul. Oględowska 4, 28-200 Staszów, Poland
  • Marek Pająk University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Ecological Engineering and Forest Hydrology
    al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Poland
  • Marcin Pietrzykowski University of Agriculture in Krakow, Faculty of Forestry, Department of Ecological Engineering and Forest Hydrology
    al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Poland

Abstract

The correct selection of the species composition of afforestation in relation to the habitat conditions has a decisive impact on the effects of forest reclamation. In most of the reclaimed forestry areas in Poland, the stands enter the prelogging period, and it is possible to assess the first economic and production effects of reclamation. The assessment was made based on the analysis of the size of the harvested wood during the intermediate cutting on the heap of the former ‘Piaseczno’ opencast sulphur mine located in southern Poland and managed by the State Forests. At this stage of development, Robinia pseudoacacia played a large role in obtaining a good income from the sale of intermediate cutting wood and economic effects. The obtained results may be important in the context of indicating alternative directions for reclamation and afforestation of post-mining areas, e.g., for plantation purposes.

DOI 10.2478/ffp-2023-0009
Source Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A – Forestry
Print ISSN 0071-6677
Online ISSN
2199-5907
Type of article
original article
Original title
Publisher Productivity and economic effectiveness of young black locust tree stands on afforested sulphur opencast mine sites
Date 01/06/2023

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