Floristic diversity monitoring of the locality Branský les, South Bohemia, in the context of planned expansion of peat extraction

The aim of this bachelor thesis was to collect data on floristic composition in the territory of Branský les II, South Bohemia. The area of interest is situated in proximity to the peat extraction field. There existed assumption that the species composition would have been heavily influenced by the proximity of the mining site. In 2015, a detailed field survey was carried out in the area that included habitat mapping and floristic research. The evaluation of the data emphasized the current representation of problematic plant species (invasive and expansive), as well as abundance of rare or endangered species. The current species composition of the locality corresponds with that of degraded peat forest. Due to the massive drainage, the natural succession accelerates together with gradual eutrophication, moving from the nearby waterways to the centre of the territory. In the territory of Branský les II, biotopes influenced by human activities predominate over the natural ones