THE MAIN FOREST SOILS OF DOLJ COUNTY

Forest soils represent an important part of forest ecosystem, being natural and dynamic system, which constitute the pedosphere. The study follows classification and description on the main forest soils from Forest Directorate of Dolj County, which is composed by nine Forest District. The relief varies from terrace area until high plains and hills area. The work materials represent soils analysis report from eight forest district. Also, soil analysis is part of database at national level based on forest management plans made between 1988 - 2014. Were analyzed 330 soil profiles, with a total of 988 soil genetic horizons. The main forest soils class found from Dolj Forest Directorate was Protisol class (60%). The main soil type found was fluvisols and arenosls, which cover the high forest area. At opposite part, the small forest area was cover with solonchaks and anthrosols (entiantrosols). Furthemore the higher content of humus was founded in luvisols follow by vertisols and fluvisols. The total cationic exchange capacity is the most significant for vertisols and the lowest for arenosols.Â