J. For. Sci., 2024, 70(8):391-406 | DOI: 10.17221/6/2024-JFS

The role of the water regime in a reclaimed limestone quarryOriginal Paper

Marcela Burnog, Aleš Kučera
Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic

This study focused on the hydrophysical characteristics of an abandoned limestone quarry in Czechia. Six sites were examined; two sites were undergoing natural succession (the Quarry Wall and Reed Canary Grass plots, which had undeveloped arboreal layers) and four sites were undergoing managed forest reclamation. Of the four forest reclamation sites, three were classified as prospering (the Prospering Lime, Prospering Maple and Prospering Lime + Oatgrass plots) and one was in decline (the Declining Larch + Lime plot). The arboreal layer included small-leaved lime (Tilia cordata Mill.), sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.), and European larch (Larix decidua Mill.). Our results showed that Lime + Oatgrass plot retained more water than other plots. Field soil moisture measurements indicated that throughout the 1096-day monitoring period, only the soils at the successional sites reached the wilting point (Quarry Wall plot: 159 days; Reed Canary Grass plot: 43 days). Soil heterogeneity in the reclaimed areas was due to variation in the soil profile depth, disturbance from mining activities, reclamation efforts, and the availability of quality soil material. Soil conditions and the dynamics at the quarry created less than ideal conditions for tree regeneration. This primarily relates to limiting and significantly heterogeneous successional plots.

Keywords: pedotransfer function; retention curve (RETC) program; soil moisture; tree species

Received: January 18, 2024; Revised: May 13, 2024; Accepted: May 15, 2024; Prepublished online: August 13, 2024; Published: August 23, 2024  Show citation

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Burnog M, Kučera A. The role of the water regime in a reclaimed limestone quarry. J. For. Sci. 2024;70(8):391-406. doi: 10.17221/6/2024-JFS.
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