Acta Scientiarum Polonorum
Silvarum Colendarum Ratio et Industria Lignaria

An inventory of wild cherry trees in the Wielkopolski National Park was made during 2007-2008. Totally, 1098 specimens of the species, in 86 forest compartments were inventoried. There were 28 monumental trees among them; the biggest one of 30 m height and 197 cm of circumference. The habitat conditions of Prunus avium occurrence on its natural sites of the Wielkopolski National Park show a wide range. Wild cherry grows here on soils representing eight types – most often on lessivè and rusty soils. In the typology of forest habitats, the species, occurs most often on habitats of a fresh deciduous forest sites, a fresh mixed deciduous forest sites and a fresh oak-pine forest sites. Also the community context of its sites shows a wide range. Wild cherry trees were recorded
in eight forest plant communities – the most frequent in phytocoenoses of oak-hornbeam forests Galio sylvatici-Carpinetum, acidophilous oak forests Calamagrostio arundinaceae-Quercetum and continental pine-oak forests Querco roboris-Pinetum.