Reforestation Process After a Ground Fire and Clear Cutting in Liana-Varied-Shrub Broad-Leaved-Dark-Coniferous-Korean-Pine Forests of Southern Sikhote-Alin

Abstract

A comparative analysis of the formation and natural course of development of plant communities was carried out in two plots: (1) passed through by a stable ground fire and (2) subjected to experimental clear cutting with preserving young generation of tree species in liana-varied-shrub broad-leaved-dark-coniferous-Korean-pine forests of the mid-mountain belt of the Southern Sikhote-Alin. The features of natural recovery, course of growth, development and dynamics of the number of woody plants in the first 35 years of the reforestation process are considered. Taxation characteristic of the forest stands before their destruction by the fire and cutting, as well as at the first stages of the formation of young tree stands, are given. The dynamics of the species composition and phytomass of the aboveground parts of plants of the shrub and low-shrub-herb layers is considered.