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Importance of Greek Juniper Forests
Prof. Mitko KaradelevInstitute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Science - Skopje
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• Evergreen tree of a middle height with a grey-greencrown and scale-like leaves.
• Distribution reaches from Iran, through Asia Minor, Crimea, up to the Balkan Peninsula.
• Prespa is the western border of its distribution.
• Occurs in xerothermic sites, most frequently on limestone.
• Forms a few associations as a dominant tree.
Greek juniper
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Leaves are of two forms, juvenile needle-like leaves 8-10 mm long on seedlings, and adult scale-leaves 0.6-3 mm long on older plants.
It is largely dioecious with separate male and female plants, but some individual plants produce both sexes.
The cones are berry-like, 6-11 mm in diameter, blue-black with a whitish waxy bloom, and contain 3-6 seeds. The male cones are 3-4 mm long, and shed their pollen in early spring.
Evergreen tree of a middle height (15-20 m) with a pyramidal grey-greencrown and scale-like leaves.
Greek or Crimean Juniper (Juniperus excelsa M.Bieb.)
MAIN FEATURES:
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Greek or Crimean Juniper (Juniperus excelsa M.Bieb.)
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Foetid Juniper or Stinking Juniper
(Juniperus foetidissima)
It often occurs together with Greek juniper being distinguished from it by:
• thicker shoots 1.2-2 mm diameter (0.7-1.3 mm diameter in J. excelsa),
• green, rather than grey-green leaves in J. excelsa,
• crushed foliage has a strong foetid smell, from which the species gets its name.
• cones contain 1-2 (rarely 3) seeds; in J. excelsa contain 3-6 seeds.
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Stinking JuniperGreek Juniper
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Lion Juniper - Turkey
• 25 m tall and 3.38 m trunk diameter
• 1,700 years old
• Protected
Stinking Juniper
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Distributed throughout theeastern Mediterranean,from Macedonia, north-eastern Greece andsouthern Bulgaria acrossTurkey to Syria and the Lebanon, and the Caucasus mountains. It does notoccur in regions with annual precipitation below 500 mm.
On the Balkan peninsula the altitudinal range of distribution is from 100 to 1300m, yet in Turkey it goes up to 2200 m. It occurs in xerothermic sites, mostfrequently on limestone, diabase or serpentine, and often forms rather small,almost pure associations.
WORLD DISTRIBUTION :
Grecian Juniper
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Prespa region
River Vardar and tributaries
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PRESPA/GOLEM GRAD
KATLANOVO
DEMIR KAPIJA
CRNA REKA
CALAKLI
DISTRIBUTION IN MK
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• Prespa region is one of the least areas with well preserved forest habitats of Grecian juniper in Balkan peninsula.
• It usually develops under modified continental and sub-Mediterranean climate with average annual temperature of 9.7oC. The temperature variation in this region is quite high – the absolute minimum temperature is -26.5oС, and the absolute maximum is 37oС, approx.
• The annual precipitation is 730 mm.
• Total area covered with Grecian juniper’s forests in the Prespa area is 5641.5 ha
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FOREST TYPES
Three different types are distinguished: pure, mixed and degraded juniper forests.
Pure forest Mixed forest Degraded forest
1089.4 ha(19.2 %).
2194.35 ha (38.6%)
2357.57 ha (41.5 %),
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Grecian juniper forest habitat in Albania are met in semi-natural condition, due to wood cutting in the last 15 years and overgrazing which have promoted soil erosion and active soil layer loss.
Total juniper forests area within the Albanian territory has been estimated to 2884.22 ha which is 51.5 % of total Prespa region area covered by Grecian juniper forests. Of these, 57% is considered as degraded, 27.2% is mixed and 15.6 % are pure.
ALBANIA
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Pure forest Mixed forest Degraded forest
450.93 ha(15.6 %).
783.89 ha (27.2 %)
1649.41 ha (57.2 %),
Total juniper area (ha) = 2884.22 (51.5 )
The species Juniperus excelsa is included in the Red List of MoEFWA
(Albania) under threat status CR 1b, although the habitat is not legally protected.
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In the north, to the hills of Kallamas, the forests are degraded while, in a southeastern direction from the village of Gorica e Vogelj, through the areas of Smendero and Tumbite, to the Gollombochi village, found mixed juniper forests; southeast of the Gollombochi village the forests are degraded. the southeast lakeshore next to the Albanian border with Greece it forms the most remarkable pure juniper forests
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The Greek juniper forests are found in the western section, where calcareous bedrock is dominant in an altitudinal range of 855-1300 m. These forests are usually mixed with deciduous trees or are degradated forests due to the past logging, grazing and wildfires.
GREECE
Pure, well developed, stands are found in the southeast foothills of Mts Devas and Vrontero and in small, but well developed (of 140 years old trees), stands around Psarades village, southeast of Vrontero village, and on the area around St. George church (in the mountain of Devas).In these forests more than 300 species are found until now.
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Pure forest Mixed forest Degraded forest
485.13 ha(23 %).
1009.07 ha (47.8 %)
616.21 ha (29.2 %),
Total juniper area (ha) = 2110.41 (37.4)
Grecian juniper woods are considered as priority habitat in the Habitats Directive and the habitats in Greek part of Prespa are particularly specified: *Endemic forests with Juniperus spp. - 42.A3 - Grecian juniper woods (Juniperetum excelsae) - forest formations dominated by Juniperus excelsa, of the Ostryo-Carpinion zone of the mountains of northern Greece (up to 900-1000m, around Lake Prespa).
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MACEDONIA
� above Konjsko village (mixed and degraded);
� Mt. Prechna (pure and mixed)� between the villages Oteshevo and Shurlenci (pure and
mixed); � Sirhan – Sirhansko Kale locality (pure an mixed). � Golem Grad island (pure an mixed).
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Pure forest Mixed forest Degraded forest
153.34 ha(23.7 %)
401.4 ha (62.1 %)
92.13 ha (14.2 %)
Total juniper area (ha) = 646.87 (11.5 )
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Golem Grad Island
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• Pruneto-Celtetum and Biaro tenuifolii-Juniperetum excelsae
(Island Golem Grad) – Endemic ass.
• Juniperetum excelsae-foetidissimae
• Querco trojanae-Junipertum excelsae ass. nova (Precna Planina)
Juniper Forests Communities:
Importance of Greek Juniper Forests
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• Biarum tenuifolium
• Celtis tournefortii
• Quercus trojana
• Prunus webbii
• Celtis glabrata
• Euphorbia characias
• Cynoglottis barrelieri ssp. serpentinicola
• Lilium candidum
• Lilium chalcedonicum
• Ephedra campyloda
Flora species of special importance :
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Lilium candidum
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Celtis glabrata
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Euphorbia characias
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Ephedra campyloda
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Fungal species of special importance :
Battarea phalloides
Pyrofomes demidoffii
Antrodia juniperina
Geastrum fornicatum
Myriostoma coliforme
Astraeus hygrometricus
Calvatia gigantea
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Battarrea phalloides
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Pyrofomes demidoffii- Foin trat
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ANTRODIA JUNIPERINA- Foina antrodija
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Myriostoma coliforme
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reptiles: Vipera ammodytes, Natrix tesselata; Testudo graeca
invertebrates: Carabus coriaceus florinensis, Zabrus incrassatus etc.
Birds: Phalacrocorax carbo
Fauna species of special importance :
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Carabus coriaceus florinensis
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