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Abstract

Ecological Strategies of Decorative Invasive Tree and Shrub Plant Species in the City’s Green Infrastructure †

by
Oleksandr Lukash
1,*,
Iryna Miroshnyk
2,
Vitalii Morskyi
1,
Yuliia Stupak
1,
Svitlana Strilets
2,
Olena Shakhnazarian
1,
Alina Sliuta
1,
Maksym Aravin
1 and
Olena Sazonova
2
1
Department of Ecology, Geography and Nature Management, T.H. Shevchenko National University “Chernihiv Colehium”, 53 Hetmana Polubotka Street, 14013 Chernihiv, Ukraine
2
Faculty of Preschool, Primary Education and Arts, T.H. Shevchenko National University “Chernihiv Colehium”, 53 Hetmana Polubotka Street, 14013 Chernihiv, Ukraine
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
Presented at the 3rd International Electronic Conference on Processes—Green and Sustainable Process Engineering and Process Systems Engineering (ECP 2024), 29–31 May 2024; Available online: https://sciforum.net/event/ECP2024.
Proceedings 2024, 105(1), 151; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024105151
Published: 28 May 2024
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Processes—Green and Sustainable Process Engineering and Process Systems Engineering)
Versions Notes

The EU Green Infrastructure Strategy aims to help stop biodiversity loss and enable ecosystems to deliver their services to people. Natural and semi-natural areas of Chernihiv (Ukraine) represents the green infrastructure of an average-sized Eastern European city in the continental biogeographical region. In total, 93 decorative species and forms of tree and shrub plants are used for the city landscaping, and 18 of them are invasive. As such, there is a need to develop sustainable approaches to control the spread of alien plants. For this purpose, the invasive plant species’ ecological strategies were investigated.
According to the classification of J.P. Grime (1988, 2006), the decorative cultivated plants of invasive species belong to three categories: competitors (C-strategists: Robinia pseudoacacia), stress tolerators (S-strategists: Acer saccharinum, Caragana arborescens, Cotinus coggygria, Gleditsia triacanthos, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Juglans mandshurica, Physocarpus opulifolius, Ptelea trifoliate, Quercus rubra, Rhus typhina, Sorbaria sorbifolia) and ruderal plants (R-strategists: Acer negundo, Amorpha fruticosa, Prunus virginiana, Prunus serotina, Robinia viscosa, Ulmus pumila).
Robinia pseudoacacia causes the greatest danger to the phytodiversity of green infrastructure. Black locust–pine and black locust–birch phytocenoses are formed as a result of black locust’s invasion in anthropogenically disturbed forests. They differ in structure and species composition. S-strategists do not pose a threat to the city’s green infrastructure biodiversity. They play an important role in preventing erosion processes in sloping areas. R-strategists are pioneer species in anthropogenic areas (e.g., wastelands, roadsides and railroad tracks) and recreationally disturbed forest and grassland ecosystems. They are characterized by rapid growth, high generative and vegetative productivity, and the ability to spread over long distances.
Our research confirmed the results of previous studies that demonstrated that significant tolerance to the environmental gradients (temperature, soil moisture and salinity, light availability, resistance to pests), high reproductive ability, growth rate and native latitudinal range determine the ecological strategy of invasive plants.

Supplementary Materials

The presentation materials can be downloaded at: https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/proceedings2024105151/s1.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, O.L. and S.S.; methodology, O.L.; validation, I.M.; formal analysis, O.L., A.S. and I.M.; investigation, O.L. and V.M.; resources, V.M. Y.S., M.A. and O.S. (Olena Shakhnazarian); data curation, O.L.; V.M., Y.S., M.A., O.S. (Olena Shakhnazarian) and A.S.; writing—original draft preparation, O.L. and V.M.; writing—review and editing, O.L., I.M. and O.S. (Olena Sazonova); visualization, O.L.; supervision, O.S. (Olena Sazonova); project administration, S.S.; funding acquisition, S.S. and V.M. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded in part by the International Visegrad Fund (grant number 52410400).

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

Data are contained within the Supplementary Material.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Lukash, O.; Miroshnyk, I.; Morskyi, V.; Stupak, Y.; Strilets, S.; Shakhnazarian, O.; Sliuta, A.; Aravin, M.; Sazonova, O. Ecological Strategies of Decorative Invasive Tree and Shrub Plant Species in the City’s Green Infrastructure. Proceedings 2024, 105, 151. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024105151

AMA Style

Lukash O, Miroshnyk I, Morskyi V, Stupak Y, Strilets S, Shakhnazarian O, Sliuta A, Aravin M, Sazonova O. Ecological Strategies of Decorative Invasive Tree and Shrub Plant Species in the City’s Green Infrastructure. Proceedings. 2024; 105(1):151. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024105151

Chicago/Turabian Style

Lukash, Oleksandr, Iryna Miroshnyk, Vitalii Morskyi, Yuliia Stupak, Svitlana Strilets, Olena Shakhnazarian, Alina Sliuta, Maksym Aravin, and Olena Sazonova. 2024. "Ecological Strategies of Decorative Invasive Tree and Shrub Plant Species in the City’s Green Infrastructure" Proceedings 105, no. 1: 151. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024105151

APA Style

Lukash, O., Miroshnyk, I., Morskyi, V., Stupak, Y., Strilets, S., Shakhnazarian, O., Sliuta, A., Aravin, M., & Sazonova, O. (2024). Ecological Strategies of Decorative Invasive Tree and Shrub Plant Species in the City’s Green Infrastructure. Proceedings, 105(1), 151. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2024105151

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