Plante și habitate forestiere rare din Ocolul Silvic Crucea (Direcția Silvică Suceava).

Biodiversity conservation is a very current topic an of great importance both at the global and national levels. In this context, at the Crucea Forestry District, from the Suceava Forestry Direction, in parallel with the forest management planning works of 2019, a number of rare plant species (Cypripedium calceolus, Leontopodium alpinum, Taxus baccata, Andryala levitomentosa and Rhinanthus alectolorophus) and types of European habitats of great conservation value (9180* Tilio – Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines, 91E0* Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno – Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) and 91Q0 Western Carpathian calcicolous Pinus sylvestris forests) were studied. Also, all the stands were analyzed according to the criteria of classification in the category of quasi-virgin forests. Of the obtained results, the identification for the first time of the Rhinanthus alectolorophus species in the Bistrița Mountains is remarkable. For the protection of plant species, a forest area of 101.06 ha has been passed under special conservation regime. The same was done for the habitat types, for an area of 120.33 ha. In the category of quasi-virgin forests were included 5 forest bodies, with a total area of 1119.36 ha. Finally, proposals are made for defining a new type of Romanian habitat, corresponding to the mountain lime forests and also for their inclusion in the guides used to identify forests of high conservation value. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]