DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-098-6-0138

JSOU DOMNĚLÉ STAROBYLÉ VÝMLADKOVÉ POLYKORMONY SKUTEČNĚ STAROBYLÉ?

ARE PUTATIVE ANCIENT COPPICE STOOLS REALLY ANCIENT?

Petr Maděra¹, Martin Šrámek¹, Jakub Kvasnica¹, Pavel Hanáček², Pavlína Máchová³, Helena Cvrčková³, Olga Trčková³, Martin Šenfeldr¹

¹ Ústav lesnické botaniky, dendrologie a geobiocenologie, Lesnická a dřevařská fakulta, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika

² Ústav biologie rostlin, Agronomická fakulta, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika

³ Útvar biologie a šlechtění lesních dřevin, Výzkumný ústav lesního hospodářství a myslivosti, v. v. i., Strnady 136, 252 02 Jíloviště, Česká republika

Ancient coppice woodlands (ACWs) are considered to be both cultural and natural treasures of traditional forest management practised for millennia. Ancient coppice stools (ACSs) are the most important elements of ancient coppice woodlands. Their clonal origin, that dates far back into the past, makes them invaluable sources of the original gene pool that existed prior to rational forest management with seeds often transported over long distances. We tested if it was possible to visually identify ACSs in two ACWs in the Czech Republic. All the stems from the visually identified putative ACSs were separated into genetically identical clones. The visual identification of ancient coppice stools within ancient coppice woodlands seems to be simple, but the genetic identification was only a 36.2 % success. The larger the putative ACS, the less likely it is that it originates from a single clone. Based on this result we recommend an analysis of the ancient woodland to establish the presence of clones. Information related to the occurrence and size of genetically identical clones can be used to make proper decisions about thinning, rejuvenation and conservation.

Keywords: ancient coppice woodlands, clonality, stem cluster, polycormons, sessile oak, Quercus petraea

pages: 138-156, online: 2026