Participation of Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth in plant communities of the River Bytomka valley in terms of its biomass use in the power industry

Sierka Edyta () and Kopczyńska Sylwia
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Sierka Edyta: Department of Botany and Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Jagiellońska Str. 28, 40-032 Katowice, Poland
Kopczyńska Sylwia: Department of Botany and Nature Protection, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Jagiellońska Str. 28, 40-032 Katowice, Poland

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2014, vol. 2, issue 2, 38-44

Abstract: This paper presents an attempt to assess the potential use of Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth. as a renewable energy source. Abandonment of human management is often followed by a decrease in species richness in semi-natural grasslands, mainly due to the increased dominance of clonal grasses such as Calamagrostis epigejos which were formerly repressed by management. The biomass resource of this, and its accompanying, species, i.e. species of the Solidago genus and others e.g. Cirsium rivulare, Deschampsia caespitosa, Molinia coerulea and Filipendula ulmaria, was evaluated in the green wastelands of the River Bytomka valley (Upper Silesia, Poland). It was found that approx. 1.2 t·ha−1 of dry matter can be obtained from approx. 30% of the average share of Calamagrostis epigejos in plant communities of unmown meadows. This is 10 times less than in the case of Miscanthus giganteus, a non-native cultivated grass. An increase in the biomass component of Calamagrostis epigejos reduced that of Solidago sp. (−0.522176, p

Keywords: Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth.; grass; plant biomass; renewable energy sources; Silesian Upland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1515/environ-2015-0036

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