Europ. Countrys. · Vol. 9 · 2017 · No. 4 · p. 617-646 DOI: 10.1515/euco-2017-0036 European Countryside MENDELU ANCIENT COPPICE WOODLANDS IN THE LANDSCAPE OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC Antonín Buček, Linda Černušáková, Michal Friedl, Martin Machala, Petr Maděra1 1 doc. Ing. Antonín Buček, CSc.,
[email protected]; Ing. Linda Černušáková,
[email protected]; Ing. Michal Friedl,
[email protected]; Ing. Martin Machala,
[email protected]; prof. Dr. Ing. Petr Maděra,
[email protected], Department of Forest Botany, Dendrology and Geobiocoenology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic 617/849 Received 1 February 2017; Accepted 8 September 2017 Abstract: Ancient coppice woodlands are forest stands of coppice origin with a long-term continual development and preserved typical natural and historic elements of old coppices. Significant natural elements in ancient coppices include polycormons of coppice shoots, pollard trees, trees with holes, dendrotelms, reserved trees, ecotones, glades and significant plant and animal species. Significant historic elements of localities with ancient coppices include archaeological monuments, boundary ditches and walls, boundary stones, boundary trees, myths and legends, sacral objects, old roads and paths, technical objects and plough land remainders. The paper presents differentiation of assumptions for the occurrence of ancient coppices in the territory of the Czech Republic using the COPF coefficient and examples of results from basic regional inventory (Kuřim region) and detailed local survey (locality Lebeďák) of coppice-originated forests. The extinction of the phenomenon of ancient coppice woodlands would mean irreparable impoverishment of the natural and cultural heritage. Key words: ancient coppice woodland, natural and historic elements, possible occurrence at national level, regional inventory, local survey, Czech Republic Souhrn: Starobylé výmladkové lesy v krajině České republiky.