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• Ensuring that the selected plants have the ability to be produced
generatively (by seeds) and vegetatively (using plant parts such as
grafting scions, tissues, etc.) to provide their availability in future studies.
• Selecting plants that are as resistant as possible to grazing pressure
and have a long lifespan.
In Central Anatolia (Karaman, Kırşehir, Konya region), where the diversity
of plants that can be used in afforestation works is quite limited, a list of
certain plant species that can be used, based on identification studies, has
been created (Table 4) (Acar, 2013).

Table 4: Plant Species That Can Be Used in the Arid Regions of Central
Anatolia (Acar, 2013)

Trees Shrubs Perennial grasses

Juniper species Cyprus turpentine (Pistacia
(Juniperus sp.) terebinthus)
Oleaster
(Eleagnus angustifolia) Tamarix (Tamarix sp.)
Almond (Prunus White saxaul (Haloxylon per- Sheep’s fescue (Festuca
sicum)
amygdalus) ovina)
Wild almond (Prunus) Black saxaul (Haloxylon aphyl- Prairie junegrass (Koeleria
lum)
Mahaleb cherry (Prunus Ephedra distachya (Caligonum cristata)
mahalep) Hawthorn Agropyron (Agropyron sp.)
polygonoides)
Crateagus sp.) Spartium (Genista involucrata) Sainfoins (Onobrychis sp.)
Wild pear Chickpea milkvetch (Astra-
(Pyrus elaeagnifolia) Lycium anatolicum (Lycium galus cicer)
anatolicum)
Black lotus Garden burnet (Poterium
(Robinia pseudoacica) Prostrate summer cypress sanguisorba)
(Kochia protrata)
Tree of heaven (Ailanthus Fourwing saltbush (Atriplex Bromus (Bromus sp.)
glandulusa)
canescens)
Elm (Ulmus sp.) Milkvetch (Astragalus sp.)
Downy oak
(Quercus pubescens) Marrubium (Marrubium parvi-
florum)
In the afforestation of arid, semi-arid, and marginal areas, selecting species
based on the ecological, biological, and socio-economic constraints specific to
the site conditions is the best way to achieve success. It is known that species
selection significantly affects the rate of improvement in these types of areas. In
addition, afforestation efforts should be carried out based on the local climate
and soil characteristics of the specific site, rather than making species selections
based on the general scale of the area (FAO, 1989; Evans and Turnbull, 2004).

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