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curreNT sTaTe oF baLKaN beech<br />

(Fagus sylvatica ssP. sylvatica) GeNe PooL IN The<br />

rePubLIc oF serbIa<br />

Mirjana Šijačić-Nikolić 1 – Saša Orlović 2 – Andrej Pilipović 2<br />

1 Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgra<strong>de</strong>, Kneza Višeslava 1, 11030 Belgra<strong>de</strong>,<br />

Republic of Serbia<br />

2 University of Novi Sad, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment,<br />

Antona Čehova 13, 21000 Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia<br />

absTracT<br />

Total forest area of Serbia is 2,412,940 ha. The dominant species in the forest growing stock is beech<br />

(50.4% by volume) with a wi<strong>de</strong> range of vertical distribution, occurring in a great number of forest<br />

types, in different structural forms, in pure or mixed stands, of different origin, at different sites.<br />

The main characteristic of the beech gene pool in Serbia is high individual and group variability in<br />

many morphological and genetic-physiological traits, which results in numerous intraspecific taxa<br />

<strong>de</strong>scribed in this region.<br />

Key words: Balkan beech, bukva (in Serbian), taxonomy, morphology, variability, range, forest<br />

community, environmental conditions, state, forest management system, fungi, insects,<br />

gene pool<br />

TaXoNomy<br />

In Serbia, in addition to European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and oriental beech (Fagus orientalis<br />

Lipsky), according to Jovanović (2000), there is also Balkan beech which is the most represented<br />

species. This author consi<strong>de</strong>rs Balkan beech (Fagus moesiaca Domin, Maly/Czeczott.), as a separate<br />

species in the region of the Balkan Peninsula and Serbia.<br />

Balkan beech was first <strong>de</strong>scribed as a separate taxon by Josef Karel Malý in 1911. The <strong>de</strong>scription<br />

of this taxon was later completed by Czeczott (1933). Opinions regarding the taxonomical status<br />

of this taxon varied. Frequently, it is <strong>de</strong>scribed as a separate unit (Czeczott 1933, Fukarek 1954).<br />

Mišić (195 ) consi<strong>de</strong>rs it a phylogenetical link between F. sylvatica and F. orientalis. Sometimes it<br />

is consi<strong>de</strong>red a hybrid between both species morphologically closer to F. sylvatica (Becker 1981),<br />

a mixture of F. sylvatica and F. orientalis with the occurrence of transition forms dominated by<br />

characters of one of the two species (Stoyanoff 1932), an ecotype (Staňescu 19 9) or i<strong>de</strong>ntical<br />

with the Crimean beech Fagus taurica Popl. (Didukh 1992).<br />

The morphological <strong>de</strong>scription of “F. moesiaca” is rather vague. There is no agreement among<br />

different authors about the morphological traits discriminating between the Balkan and European

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