In the Western Ukraine there are unique regions important in ecological, biogeographical, landscape and environmental regard. These are the Carpathians, Pokuttya, Roztocha, Western Polissya, Volyn (Ladomirien) and Podilla, which were an object of interest of naturalists for a long period of time . In the 19-th century and in the period between 1st and 2nd World wars, when that territory belonged to the Polish state, Polish botanists and foresters (the list of their publications includes more than 300 names) contributed substantially to studying flora and vegetation of that territory. In the second half of 19th century a broad net of railways was built there, which favoured to bringing nearer the West-European markets to rich natural resources. In order to satisfy the needs of quickly developing forestry industry massive cutting of the oak forests had started in flat landscapes and coniferous forests in mountain regions. As a result of such intensive clean cutting in humid region of the Carpathians, soil erosion processes started and periodic catastrophic floods appeared .In Volyn and Podilla regions relic steppe formations, valuable from botanic and phytogeographical point of view, started disappearing. The far-sighed Polish scientists estimated ecological consequences of anthropogenic transformations of natural vegetation, and in ...
The paper reports the first stage of works on revalorisation of the surroundings of castle ruins in Krupe situated in the rasnystaw district, Lubelskie voivodship. In 2012-2014 desk studies were conducted involving historical analysis of the place and analysis of spatial transformations of the object, as well as fieldworks comprising a detailed dendrological inventory of the terrain. A pond adjoins the castle on its north side, which makes the place greatly charming. The ruins are surrounded by a park from the turn of the 18th and 19th century. Tree species most numerous in this area comprise: Aesculus hippocastanum, Robinia pseudoacacia, Malus sylvestris and Pyrus pyraster. ...
