RESEARCH ON LAND SUITABILITY IN CUNEȘTI AREA, CĂLĂRAȘI COUNTY, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FOREST PLANTATIONS ON SANDY LANDS.

Given the current situation regarding global warming, we intend to establish a forest plantation in the Cunești area of Călărași County, on a sandy land, prone to deflation, with accentuated climate deficit. According to the records of the Călărași Meteorological Station, four of the ten years analyzed have an average temperature of over 13 0C, higher by two degrees compared to the average of 1961-2000, of 11.20C. The physical and geographical conditions of the investigated area are characteristic for the Danube floodplain, where alluvial soils predominate, which in certain periods benefit from phreatic moistening. In order to determine the type and subtype of soil, its morphological and physico-chemical characterization, a soil profile and three pedological surveys were carried out, from which soil samples were collected on pedogenetic horizons up to the phreatic level (0-300 cm). Based on the local pedoclimatic conditions, the formula for afforestation with xerophyte species was established, with fast growth and low requirements in terms of soil trophicity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]