THE EVALUATION OF FACTORS DETERMINING THE HEALTH CONDITION OF ACER PLATANOIDES AND TILIA CORDATA PLANTINGS IN SELECTED SITES OF URBAN GREENERY IN POZNAŃ, POLAND

Abstract: Heavily urbanised areas are not a favourable habitat for plant growth and development. On the other hand, urbanised areas can be a favourable habitat for harmful fauna. Tin our study, those trees growing along the roadside were more heavily infested by pests than trees growing in parks. Three orders of insects, mites and lugs were identified on the Norway maple. The dominant insect species was Periphyllus aceris. On small-leaved lime four insect orders (the dominant species was and Eucallipterus tiliae) and mites were found. An overall visual inspection confirmed that of maple and lime growing in city parks were in better condition than those growing by roads. Key words: Periphyllus aceris, Eucallipterus tiliae, plant pests, Norway maple, small-leaved lim