C16 Kocanda
An example of multifunctional forest management during forest stand transformation
General information of Kocanda forest district.
| Forest community (main types) | Acidophilous montane beechwood (Lazulo-Fagetum montanum) changing locally into the floriferous beechwood (Eu-Fagion) in the area surrounding Žákova hora; spruce-fir beechwood (Fageta piceoso-abietina) |
| Total forest area | 932.34 ha (17.46 ha where forest management and human interventions are strictly prohibited) |
| Forest Management | Conversion into uneven-aged forestry with parallel conversion of tree species composition by underplantings; irregular shelterwood system with maximally extended regeneration period within every particular spatial entity (from the level of a tree cohort to the level of a forest stand) |
| Total volume | ca. 440 m³/ha (402 805 m³ for the whole FD Kocanda) |
| Annual growth | ca. 11.9 m³/ha (not based on the statistical inventory methods but based on the algorithms of the age-class forest, and thus calculated with highest possible precision) |
| Annual use | ca. 12.8 m³/ha |
| Deadwood (standing and lying) | Unknown; this factor has not inventoried yet; however, deadwood is retained locally |
| Altitude | 647 to 810 m a.s.l. |
| Geology | Ancient (Proterozoic) metamorphosed two-mica bedrocks: muscovite-biotite migmatites or orthogneisses of Svratka Crystalline (southern part of the Bohemian Massif) |
| Ownership | Private; Kinský Žďár, a.s. (joint stock company), Zámek 1/1, 591 01 Žďár nad Sázavou; ID 46901523 |
| Protected area (total) | 103.47 ha (38.1 ha = the category of the forests of National Natural Preserve – core zone and expanded part + an overlap with the category of the forests for biodiversity enhancing and genetic sources protection; 62.4 ha = the category of the forests for biodiversity enhancing and genetic sources protection; 2.97 ha = I. zone of the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area – special importance of the ecosystem for the birds´ protection) + 39.03 ha of Natura 2000 (overlapping with above described areas) |
| Nature protection area (Natura 2000) | 39.03 ha; CZ0610401 – Žákova hora |
| Protective function | National Natural Preserve – core zone and expanded part; forests for biodiversity enhancing and genetic sources protection; I. zone of the Žďárské vrchy Protected Landscape Area – ecosystem of special importance for the protection of birds |