The influence of microsite diversity of fresh coniferous forest on number of Scots pine [Pinus sylvestris L.] natural regeneration

The paper analyses the relationships between the microsite diversity of fresh coniferous forest and the number of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings from natural regeneration. The competition of forest floor vegetation (mainly of Vaccinium myrtillus) was found to be the decisive factor of pine regeneration. Lichens, especially Cladonia arbuscula and C. rangiferina, as well as mosses, e. g. broom moss (Dicranum scoparium) and pincushion moss (Leucobryum glaucum), can be regarded as the indicator species for the microsite suitable for pine regeneration