Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 2
Written by Călin Gheorghe PĂȘCUȚ, Teodor MARUȘCA, Ghiță Cristian CRAINIC, Călin Ioan IOVAN, Szilard BARTHA, Petrică Tudor MOȚIU
The paper presents a case study for evaluating the productivity of permanent grasslands of Festuco rubrae-Agrostetum capillaris Horvat 1951, Trifolio-Lolietum perennis Krippelová 1967, Anthoxantho-Agrostetum capillaris Sillinger 1933 and Nardo-Festucetum rubrae fallax, from Codru-Moma Mountains, based on floristic relevées. Following the floristic study and the assessment of the participation weight of the component species in each type of grassland, the production of green mass and animal load was determined for each type of grassland studied. Among the studied plant associations, the highest productivity was found in Trifolio-Lolietum perennis Krippelová 1967, with productions of 18.15 t/ha of green mass and a capacity of 1.59 livestock/ha, Festuco rubrae-Agrostetum capillaris Horvat 1951 with productions of 11.64 t/ha of green mass and a capacity of 1.02 livestock/ha loading with animals. The lowest productions were evaluated in the grasslands of Nardo-Festucetum rubrae fallax, with productions of 3.86 t/ha of green mass and a capacity of 0.37 livestock/ha. The data provided by the present study are useful in characterizing the pastoral quality of these grasslands in the context of the improvement and rational use of the pastoral fund.
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