SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VEGETATION STRUCTURE OF A NATURAL PASTURE IN TEKIRDAĞ PROVINCE

In natural pasture vegetation, vegetation and soil structure and geographical factors vary considerably. The aim of this research was to determine the floristic characteristics of the species that make up the composition, by forming parcels to represent the natural pasture area of Tekirdağ Province Süleymanpaşa District Karaevli Village between the years 2019-2020. With the data obtained, it is aimed to reveal more information about the rangelands of the region and to create a resource for future rangeland management and improvement studies. As a result of the research; according to the average of two years in the pasture area, the highest fresh and the lowest fresh yield were determined as 1600.00 kg/da from the 9th plot and 180.00 kg/da from the 1st parcel, respectively. According to the hay averages, the highest and lowest hay yield were obtained as 234.30 kg/da from the 7th plot and 41.60 kg/da from the 1st parcel, respectively. According to the average of 2019-2020, the highest percentage of grasses according to the botanical composition was obtained from the 17th plot (59.85%), while the lowest percentage of grasses was obtained from the 14th parcel (5.00%), when the average of legumes families was considered, the highest was obtained from the 6th parcel (78,83%) was obtained, and the lowest was determined as 17.81% in the 1st parcel. The highest botanical composition of other families was found to be 61.17% in the 9th parcel, and the lowest was 1.25% in the 10th parcel. When the plant samples taken from the research area in 2019-2020 were analyzed, the average crude protein ratio was obtained as 24.27% from the 7th parcel, and the lowest crude protein ratio was 6.65% from the 1st parcel.