Verification of the origin of Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands in the Goldap Forest District

Abstract

The origin of the Norway spruce in the Gołdap Forest District from the north−eastern part of Poland was verified using the maternally inherited mitochondrial marker mt15−D02, which in Poland displays a geo−graphical specifity. We analyzed 730 trees from 29 populations and 21 plus trees. These populations included four reserves, four registered seed stand and 21 managed tree−stands. As a result of the performed analyses it was found that 8 out of 21 plus trees were non−native. Also 11 out of the 29 investigated pop−ulations contained trees of non−native origin. The scale of this phenomenon varies, although it encom−passes the entire region of the forest district