Evaluation of soil physicochemical properties of Tecomella undulata in Busher province

Soil physicochemicalproperties are important factors in plant establishment. Therefore, knowing its properties can improve the forest management practice for having more forest production. The objective of the present study is to determine the soil physicochemicalproperties of Tecomella undulata stands in Bushehr province. For this purpose, two sites including Shahnia (2 ha) and Ali-Abad (10 ha) in Bushehr province were selected. 20 and 30 soil samples were systematically taken from two depths (0-5 and 5-25 cm) using 25 × 25 and 50 × 100 meter grids in Shahnia and Ali-Abad, respectively. Soil physicochemicalproperties results revealed that T. undulata prefers sandy and loam- sandy soils with neutral pH. Also, this species can tolerate more than 535 ds/m soil electrical conductivity in the studied sites. Soil phosphorus, bulk density and clay are the most important factors effecting the T. undulata distribution. Results of quantitative parameters showed that diameters at breast height in Shahnia are significantly more than Ali-Abad. While no significant difference was observed among tree heights in the studied sites.