The Orchids of Evka 3 – İzmir
Kitapta bölümler > Araştırma Kitabı · 2020
Yazarlar: Meltem Yağmur WALLACE
Ornamental Plants: With Their Features and Usage Principles, Araştırma Kitabı, İksad Publications, Diğer, Uluslararası, 2020, ss 143-159, Türkiye, Ankara
Özet
<p>In this essay, a small part of Izmir, Evka 3 district (2017 population 20,520 (URL-2)) was examined in terms of its orchid biodiversity. The district is located at the northeast border of the city (Figure 1) where mainly residential plots meet with Mediterranean maquis, olive plantations and pine forests (Figure 2). The observations were carried out over a ten-year period starting in 2010. During this time 10 species of orchids, Cephalanthera epipactoides, Ophrys fusca, Ophrys lutea, 146 ORNAMENTAL PLANTS: WITH THEIR FEATURES AND USAGE PRINCIPLES Ophrys scolopax, Ophrys speculum, Orchis anatolica, Orchis italica, Orchis papilionacea, Orchis sancta and Serapias orientalis were observed and photographed. It could be claimed that this relatively small piece of land is significant in terms of the number of orchid species it contains. Also, it must be indicated that the related habitats have been under constant threat since the 1990’s due to the area being under pressure from emigration related, rapid expansion in the city. Construction work and the increase in population has led to widespread destruction in the maquis vegetation and to a lesser extent in the pine forests and olive plantations which for now remain relatively protected. Although every habitat is valuable within itself, the maquis or garrigue (phrygana) together with open wild meadows are the spaces which offer the most suitable habitat for most of the orchid species observed. And yet, it is this habitat which is being exposed to anthropogenic pressure, with large scale construction work and small but accumulated scale illegal orchid tuber collection from nature. <br></p>