Analysis of trees planted in vicinity of hospitals in Ljubljana as a source of pollen

Kofol-Seliger, Andreja (author), Pirnat, Janez (author)

The paper analyses woody plants growing in the vicinity of hospital buildings situated along Zalog Road, Korytko Street, Šlajmar Street, Bohorič Street and Njegoš Street in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Woody plants are an immediate potential source of allergenic pollen, affecting all park users such as patients, visitors and hospital employees. The most allergenic tree species in the park was found to be birch (Betula pendula Roth.), which accounts for 6.8% of all registered trees. The low allergenic maples (Acer sp.) and the low allergenic horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.) account for 19.6% and 7.4%, respectively. Among the medium allergenic trees are ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) (4.8%), plane (Platanus x hispanica Muenchh.) (4.2%), hornbeam (Carpinus betulus L.) (1.9%), and oak (Quercus sp.) and hazel (Corylus avellana L.) withless than 1%.

• Language: English
• Keywords: hospital green areas, pollen, urban trees, Ljubljana
• Work type: Scientific work
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Year: 2010
• Number of pages: Str. 3-10
• Numbering: Št. 93
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-82921
• UDC: 630*18(045)=111
• ISSN on article: 0351-3114
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3088550
• Publication date in RUL: 18.08.2016

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Zbornik gozdarstva in lesarstva. forest and wood science & technology
• Shortened title: Zb. gozd. lesar.
• Publisher: Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za gozdarstvo in obnovljive gozdne vire, Biotehniška fakulteta, Oddelek za lesarstvo
• ISSN: 0351-3114
• COBISS.SI-ID: 6206978

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Analiza drevja kot vira cvetnega prahu ob kliničnih bolnišnicah v Ljubljani

Abstract

V prispevku so predstavljene lesnate rastline, ki rastejo v bližini bolnišničnih zgradb na Zaloški cesti ter na Korytkovi, Šlajmerjevi, Bohoričevi in Njegoševi ulici v Ljubljani. Lesnate rastline v parku so bližnji vir alergogenega cvetnega prahu, ki so mu izpostavljeni vsi uporabniki parka, bolniki, obiskovalci in zaposleno osebje. V parku je najbolj alergogena vrsta breza, ki predstavlja 6,8 % vseh dreves, 19,6 % je nizko alergogenih javorjev in 7,4 % nizko alergogenega divjega kostanja. Srednje visoko alergogeni so še jesen (4,8 %), platana (4,2 %), gaber (1,9 %) ter hrast in leska z manj kot 1-odstotno udeležbo.

• Keywords: zelene površine, bolnišnične zelene površine, cvetni prah, urbana drevesa, alergogena drevesa, Ljubljana