Flora and Vegetation of Stony Walls in South-east Turkey (Sanliurfa)

Aslan, Mustafa; Atamov, Vagıf

doi:10.3923/ajps.2006.153.162

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“…Later, similar floristic and ecological studies were carried out on plants growing on historical monuments in India, Greece, Italy, Brazil, China, and England [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]. With regard to Turkey, (on a regional scale), various studies were carried out in Istanbul [14][15][16] and Edirne [17] in the Marmara Region; İzmir [18] and Muğla [19] in the Aegean Region; Kayseri [20] and Niğde [21] in the Central Anatolia Region; Van [22] in the Eastern Anatolia Region; Gaziantep [23] and Şanlıurfa [24] in the Southeastern Anatolia Region, and Hatay [25,26], Isparta [27] and Antalya [5,28,29,30] in the Mediterranean Region. According to the literature, so far more than 350 vascular plant species have been identified on walls of historical buildings from Turkey [31].…”

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Alanya Kalesi duvarlarının vasküler bitki çeşitliliği ve ekolojik etkileri

Aksoy¹,

Çelik²

2020

Biological Diversity and Conservation

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Since historical buildings are living mirrors of the past, it is very important to preserve and transfer them to future generations. In this study, plants growing on the walls of Alanya Castle were identified and the damages that these plants gave to the historical construction and the precautions to be taken to prevent these damages were emphasized. A total of 94 plant taxa, including five pteridophytes, one gymnosperm and 88 angiosperms, belonging to 35 families were identified on the walls of Alanya Castle. Conyza canadensis, Inula heterolepis, Phagnalon graecum, Arabis verna, Mercurialis annua, Fumaria parviflora, Cymbalaria microcalyx, Galium canum subsp. antalyense, Parietaria judaica, Hyoscyamus aureus, Poa bulbosa were the dominant plant species of Alanya Castle walls. Possible seed dispersion of these plants on the castle walls and the methods for controlling them are discussed in detail. We conclude that the most effective method of combating plants that grow naturally on historical buildings and give damage to these buildings is mechanical excavation.

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