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THE MONUMENTAL TREES FROM FOREST AND NON-FOREST HABITATS LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL PART OF ROMANIA

D. Vasile

Abstract

Monumental trees are very important for biodiversity, the integrity of ecosystems worldwide and in many ways for people, because they are essential components of human cultural heritage and identity. Researchers have long claimed the bio-ecological importance of ancient trees and of those with great diameters and heights together with the necessity of preserving them for scientific purposes. In order for a tree to be selected as monument, it must have historical, folkloric or mystical characteristics. Moreover, a tree with strange shape or with great dimension and age can be defined as a monumental tree. In terms of their characteristics, five typologies of monumental trees have been accepted, namely: Historical, Folkloric, Mystical,Dimensional and With strange shapes. The present paper presents an inventory of the resources from Transylvania, together with the description of the most representative trees of the 136 identified as Monumental Trees. This number includes 37 species, with the oak as the best represented species (32%). The paper reports the role in defining the local ?territorial identity? and the necessity to conserve Monumental Trees.

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DOI resolver: doi.org/10.5593/sgem2019/3.2/s14.100

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