Tree avenues identification and inventarization

Alleys in the landscape; identification and preservation of genetic potential of

alley species in Bohemia

SILVA TAROUCA RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LANDSCAPES AND ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE

PRŮHONICE

EXAMPLES, PROBLEMS, IDEAS

LACK OF CONTINUOUS MAINTENANCE LEADS TO OVERALL ALLEY REMOVAL (25 000 TREES IN PAST FEW YEARS),

WITHOUT SUBSTITUTION. THE CURRENT LEGISLATION PREVENT NEW TREE LINES PLANTING ALONG ROADS. NOT

INDIGENOUS TREES ARE OFTEN USED FOR TOLERATED REPLACEMENTS, PIECE BY PIECE. ACER NEGUNDO

SUBSTITUTES TRADITIONAL TREES, CHARACTER AND SCALE OF THE LANDSCAPE CHANGES.

IN THIS SITUATION THE AIM OF OUR PROJECT OF ALLEY DOCUMENTATION IS TO IDENTIFY, INVENTARIZE AND

PROPAGATE A STOCK OF LOCAL TREE SPECIES, TO SECURE APROPRIATE GENETIC MATERIAL, INCLUDING

SUITABLE HABITUAL FORMS OF SELECTED TREES, FOR THE FUTURE USE IN THE LANDSCAPE.

TOTALIARIAN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING WIPED OUT THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES, REPLANTING THE

LOST ALLEYS AND TREELINES WILL HELP TO RESTORE THE TRADITIONAL LANDSCAPE CHARACTER. THAT COULD

WORK, IF THERE IS A PROPER NATIONAL FRAMEWORK AND FINANCING SET UP.

EXAMPLE OF ALLÉE, RECONSTRUCTED THANKS TO THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT FUNDS FOR LANDSCAPE AND

URBAN CARE (EC CO-FOUNDED), THAT OUR DEPARTMENT EVALUATED AND CRITICIZED (IMPORT OF TREES,

OVERPRICING, POOR MAINTENANCE).

MANY OF THE PLANTED TREES WERE FOUND DEAD (MOSTLY BEING STRANGLED BY THE ROPE, DRIED OUT ETC.) DUE

TO THE LACK OF PROPER CARE.

THE SYSTEM OF STATE FINANCING IS OFTEN NOT ALOWING FURTHER AND CONTINUOUS LONG TERM MAINTENANCE

AND CARE (PROJECT MONEY ARE AVAILABLE ONLY WITHIN THE GIVEN PROJECT YEAR)… DETAIL OVER

POOR SYSTEM OF TREE STABILIZATION; SUCH STRANGLED TREES WE FOUND AT MANY DIVERSE SITES

FORESTRY SYSTEM OF TREE PROTECTION (DEER DAMAGE), RARE SORBUS TORMINALIS ALLÉE RESTORATION;

LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACTIVITY, LOW KEY APPROACH TO SAVE THE PROTECTED ALLEY, LONG TERM PROCESS

FORESTRY MANAGEMENT GROWS OWN SEEDLINGS FROM IN SITU COLLECTED SEEDS (SIZE OF THE PLANTED TREES

LIMITED), REPLACES THE INDIVIDUAL TREES PIECE BY PIECE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. CENTRAL BOHEMIA,

KŘIVOKLÁT FOREST. THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY APPROACH, TRADITIONAL TO OUR CULTURAL SPACE.

ANALYSES OF HISTORIC MAPS

I. AND II. MILITARY MAPPING (1760´ AND

1850´)

STABILE CADASTER (MID 19TH CENTURY)

IN SITU RESEARCH

DOCUMENTATION, DATABASE

PREPARATION

EVIDENCE LINKED TO ORTOPHOTO MAPS

(GOOGLE EARTH, MAPS. CZ), OVER…

RESEARCH WORK HISTORIC ALLEYS AND TREES – IDENTIFICATION, DOCUMENTATION AND

SELECTED SPECIES PROPAGATION

ALLEY LINES IDENTIFICATION FROM THE SPACE, OVERALL VIEW

COLOURS INDICATE THE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTATION PERIODS FOR THE FUTURE RESEARCH

DATABASE OF LINES FORMS ON THE LEFT

IDENTIFIED ALLEY LINES, SCALE OF BOHEMIA

3 590 IDENTIFIED ALLEY LINES IN THE SCHEMATIC MAP LAYER, SCALE OF BOHEMIA.

GIS MAP WITH ALL THE ACCESIBLE LAYERS IS CURRENTLY UNDER PREPARATION

EXAMPLE OF IDENTIFIED TREE AVENUES AND THEIR DOCUMENTATION;

OLD ROADS, ORNAMENTED FARMS AND HISTORIC AGRICULTURAL SITES, FOREST ALLEYS;

WEST OF PRAHA, KŘIVOKLÁT FOREST

PRAHA

RAKOVNÍK

BEROUN

KLADNO

DOCUMENTATION ON ORTOPHOTO MAPS, EXAMPLE FROM THE KARLOV HISTORIC FARM SITE,

DETAIL OF ALLEY TERRAIN PROFILE

KARLOV

BUŠOHRAD

KARLOV, ALLEY PROCESSING WITH GOOGLE EARTH STREET VIEW

IN SITU SURVEY & DOCUMENTATION

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 1

LOKALITY KARLOV (KARLSHOF)

NAME KARLOV (KARLSHOF)

REGION STŘEDOČESKÝ (CENTRAL BOHEMIAN)

DISTRICT BEROUN

CADASTER BROUMY

GPS 49.974100; 13.898966

MAP LINKS

http://www.mapy.cz/#x=13.903251&y=49.975436&z=13&d=muni_3582_1&q=Broumy&qp=9.799192_48.101744_21.193568_51.251448_6&l=15&rp=m&m=9fbH8xXQ8YT9HtKCfHBPlfTVgSOfOQ

TREE TRUNK PERIMETER 300 cm

AVENUE LINES SPACING 9 m

TREE SPACING 9 m

GENUS TILIA CORDATA, TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS, FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR

ORIGINAL GENUS TILIA CORDATA, TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS

DOMINANT TREES TILIA CORDATA, TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS

HISTORIC BACKGROUND FORMERLY PART OF THE PRINCE FÜRSTENBERK ORNAMENTED FARM ATTACHED

TO THE „OBORA HUNTING LODGE“ AND LATER TO THE „LEONTÝN“ CHATEAU

PARKSCAPE

GENETIC BANK - PROPAGATION VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF TILIA CORDATA AND TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS

HERITAGE TREES NO

PART OF A TREE AVENUE SYSTEM YES

TREE CROWNS ENCLOSED YES, PARTLY

REGULAR SPACING OF TREES YES

IREGULAR SPACING OF TREES NO

LENGHT 500 m

HEIGHT 15 m

AGE 150 YEARS

CONDITION (1-3, % OF DEFOLIATION) 3

ROAD CATEGORY 3

LANDSCAPE CHARACTER VALUE DOMINANT FEATURE, PART OF THE COMPOSED ALLEY SYSTEM

POSITIONING IN THE LANDSCAPE OPEN SPACE, NW SLOPE

PHOTODOCUMENTATION http://www.kuks.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/ceske-aleje/karlov/

COMMENTARY MANY TREES MARKED FOR REMOVAL

ALLEY WORKING DATA SHEET

DETAILED LIST OF THE ACCESS DATABASE WITH INTERACTIVE MAP LINKS, MEASUREMENTS AND DATA, INCLUDING

THE CHARACTER OF ALLEY AND ITS IMPACT ON THE LANDSCAPE SCENE

THE ALLEY ACCESS DATABASE IS CONNECTED TO THE ARIAL MAP AND CONTAINS 3590 ALLEYS

THE ALLEY ACCESS DATABASE INCLUDE DIRECT MAP LINKS; BASIC MAPS, ORTOPHOTO MAP, HISTORIC MAPS

LINK TO MÜLLER MAP OF BOHEMIA, 1723

LINK TO ORTOPHOTO MAPS

I. MILITARY MAP, SECOND HALF OF 18 TH

CENTURY

II. MILITARY MAP,

MID 19TH CENTURY

STABILE CADASTER INDICATION MAP, 1841; MORE DETAIL

STABILE CADASTER MAP LIST,

EMPERORS MANDATORY

PRINTS, 1841; SCHEMATIC

DIRECT LNK TO THE STABILE

CADASTER MAPS, INDIVIDUAL MAP SHEETS

AND INDICATION MAPS.

EXAMPLE OF TREES SELECTED FOR PROPAGATION - VALUED FOR FORM, TEXTURE, COLOR, VITALITY, HISTORY,

OTHER SPECIAL QUALITIES AND POTENTIALS (AS THE PYRAMIDAL FORMS OF TREE CROWNS); SORBUS TORMINALIS, QUERCUS ROBUR, QUERCUS PETRAEA, TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS

PINUS SILVESTRIS WITH COMPACT TREE CROWN, BÖHMERWALD

VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION OF RED TWIG TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS, TILIA CORDATA (WINTER GRAFTING) AND OF

POPULUS ALBA (CUTTINGS) ROOTED IN LIGHT ROOTING SUBSTRATE

GENERATIVE AND VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION IN THE COLD GREENHOUSE. ROOTED CUTTINGS OF POPULUS

ALBA AND POPULUS SEROTINA ´AUREA´. FRESH SEEDLINGS OF QUERCUS ROBUR AND Q. PETRAEA, AESCULUS

HIPPOCASTANEA, SORBUS TORMINALIS AND FRAXINUS ORNUS (2012, 2013)

GREENHOUSE PROPAGATION AND CULTIVATION, 2013. CURRENTLY HAS BEEN PROPAGATED SOME 27 SPECIES, IN

THE NUMBER OF OVER 3 000 SEEDLINGS (SOME CUTTINGS) AND GRAFTED TREES (INDIGENOUS AND DOMESTIFIED)

TRANSPLANTED YOUNG TREES IN CULTIVATION, READY FOR FURTHER SELECTION, 2014

AIRCRAFT SURVEY THAT IS PART OF OUR RESEARCH BEST REVEALS THE SPACIAL QUALITIES OF THE

TRADITIONALY STRUCTURED LANDSCAPES

19TH CENTURY ALLEY FARM SYSTEM AT RATIBOŘSKÉ HORY,

THANK YOU FOR KIND ATTENTION