Table 3.

Total number of wooded species and their structural distribution in the study plots at the five different forest reserves, divided into three different categories depending on the vertical distribution: upper canopy layer (UCL), lower canopy layer (LCL), and shrub level (SL) with plants < 1.5 m.

SpeciesAkhmetaBakurianiKutaisiMtskhetaOni
Abies nordmanniana-SL/LCL/UCL--SL/LCL/UCL
Acer campestreSLUCLUCL-LCL
Acer cappadocicum----LCL
Acer platanoides----UCL
Acer trautvetteri-UCL---
Carpinus betulusUCLLCLUCL-LCL
Carpinus orientalisLCL-LCLSL/LCL/UCL-
Castanea sativa----UCL
Celtis caucasica---UCL-
Cornus masLCL--SL/LCL-
Cornus sanguineumSL--SL/LCL-
Corylus avellana-SL/LCL--SL/LCL
Cotoneaster sp.---SL-
Cotinus cogyggria---SL-
Crataegus monogynaSL/LCL-SL/LCL--
Euonymus verrucosa---SL-
Fagus orientalis-SL/LCL/UCL--SL/LCL/UCL
Fraxinus excelsiorSL--UCL-
Ilex colchica----SL
Juniperus foetidissima---UCL-
Juniperus excelsa---UCL-
Juniperus oxycedrus---SL/LCL-
Ligustrum vulgareSL--SL-
Lonicera caucasica-SL---
Paliurus spina-christi---SL/LCL-
Picea orientalis-LCL/UCL--LCL/UCL
Pinus sylvetris spp. hamata-UCL---
Populus tremula-UCL---
Prunus aviumUCL-UCL--
Prunus cerasifera---SL-
Prunus lauracersus----SL
Pyrus caucasica-UCL---
Quercus colchicaUCL-UCLUCL-
Quercus hartwissiana--UCL--
Quercus macranthera-UCL---
Rhododendron luteum-SL---
Rhododendron ponticum-SL---
Ruscus ponticusSL-SLSL-
Sorbus torminalis--UCL--
Tilia begoniifolia-SL/LCL/UCL--SL/LCL/UCL
Ulmus glabraUCLUCL--LCL
Viburnum lantana---SLSL
Viburnum opulus-SL--SL
Zelkova carpinifoliaUCL-UCL--