%0 Journal Article
%T The Situation of Common Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) in the D¨¹zce Province of Turkey
%A £¿adiye Zambak
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%D 2019
%X Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) is an invasive alien species in many areas where it has been introduced other than its native range, which affects negatively biological diversity and ecosystem services. It has spread abundantly in East Blacksea and Trace regions, and partly in Middle Blacksea for the last 10 years although its existence has been known in Turkey since 1990s. This study was conducted to determine common ragweed populations in the D¨¹zce Province in the west part of the Blacksea Region where is located in between two common ragweed invaded areas. Fourtyone populations of common ragweed is determined, which are all in roadsides and empty areas except one. The size of habitats invaded by common ragweed varied between 1 m2 and 4375 m2 and two third of a habitat as an average was covered with common ragweed. In the communities with common ragweed populations, 23 plant species belongs to 15 families were determined. Conyza sp. was the most distributed species, which has seen in 18 out of 38 communities. The following species to Conyza as the most distributed species were the alien species for Turkey as well and had importance as weed and/or invasive alien species in other countries as well as Turkey. It is possible that common ragweed might invade agricultural areas in the D¨¹zce Province although it was not determined in agricultural areas in the province. It is thought that common ragweed had been introduced in D¨¹zce in 1999 earthquake with aids came from overseas or international and national transport activities, and then it naturalized and spread due to disturbed habitats after the earthquake. It is shown with the populations determined in D¨¹zce that common ragweed can be seen any suitable habitat from east to west through the north of Turkey
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%U http://dergipark.org.tr/tjws/issue/46839/540413