@ARTICLE{Mucha_Sylwia_Joanna_Dendroflora_2024,
 author={Mucha, Sylwia Joanna and Nowak, Justyna and Nowak, Damian},
 volume={vol. LII/2},
 pages={597-621},
 journal={Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2024},
 publisher={Polsh Academy of Sciences, Branch in Kraków (Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie)},
 abstract={This paper discusses the state of preservation of Orthodox church trees in southeastern Poland, using the example of sites in the Low Beskids region. Trees around Orthodox churches are an integral part of their historical structure and perform a number of functions from symbolic, landscaping, protective, to environmental. Due to the turbulent history of the region, associated with the Lemko population expulsion, the Orthodox churches are one of the most important features of the cultural landscape, widely disseminated for tourism purposes. The changes in the immediate surroundings of these sacred places, together with the improper care of the trees and the new plantings, incompatible with the cultural code of the region, are irreversibly destroying the unique landscape of the Low Beskids. Therefore, the authors point to the urgent need for local authorities to implement standards for the proper care of the tall greenery that is part of religious sites, to adopt a more integrated approach to historic sacred buildings and their dendroflora, and to promote the diverse values of local historic landscapes to local landowners.},
 title={Dendroflora of the Low Beskids’ historic orthodox churches: prolegomena to research},
 type={Article},
 URL={http://czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/134414/2024-TEKA-24.pdf},
 keywords={high greenery, sacred landscapes, cultural landscape, Orthodox churches, canon of place},
}