An Autecological Study on the Vitex agnus-castus L. (Verbenaceae) Distributed in West Anatolia

Authors: Yunus DOĞAN, Hasan Hüseyin MERT

Abstract: This study covers the investigation of the soil-plant relations of Vitex agnus-castus L. (Verbenaceae), a typical element of Mediteranean macchia vegetation. Soils collected from 38 different localitis in West Anatolia were analysed together with the V. agnus-castus plants from the same localities. This plant was observed to generally prefer loamy-textured, neutral and slightly alka-line soils, poor in calcium carbonate, containing varying amounts of organic matter, being rich or very rich in nitrogen, rich in phos-phorus and deficient in potassium. They grow on nonsaline soils. The relations between the results of soil and plant analysis were tested statistically, and correlation coefficient and regression curves determined.

Keywords: Vitex agnus-castus, Autecology, Soil

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