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<p>The Guerrouche forest is home to a fairly important flora heritage which offers this massif a forest cover by the presence of quite remarkable forest stands, from a floristic point of view by the presence of natural vegetation characterized by a diverse flora. This study aims to quantify the floristic diversity of the vegetation associated with the three main tree species (zeen oak, cork oak and afares oak) that inhabit the Guerrouche forest on the basis of distributed floristic surveys, according to a sampling strategy. stratified and systematic, which took into account the species present in each type of tree stand. The floristic surveys thus carried out, numbering 55, made it possible to establish a list of a floristic list made up of 172 species, which belonged to 69 genera and 45 botanical families. Of these, 42 were endemic species, including 4 specific to the study area. The number of rare and very rare species was 70 taxa. The study also revealed the clear degradation of the genus Erica of this ecosystem. Analysis of the overall chorological spectrum showed a dominance of Mediterranean species (209 species), with a dominance (82.3%) of species that were therophyte species. The forest stands of the genus Quercus inhabiting the Guerrouche massif must be supported by the authorities to preserve and conserve this forest heritage against fires, illegal logging, etc. The results of this study will be the subject of development actions and rational management of these natural forest ecosystems.</p>
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The Guerrouche forest is home to a fairly important flora heritage which offers this massif a forest cover by the presence of quite remarkable forest stands, from a floristic point of view by the presence of natural vegetation characterized by a diverse flora. This study aims to quantify the floristic diversity of the vegetation associated with the three main tree species (zeen oak, cork oak and afares oak) that inhabit the Guerrouche forest on the basis of distributed floristic surveys, according to a sampling strategy. stratified and systematic, which took into account the species present in each type of tree stand. The floristic surveys thus carried out, numbering 55, made it possible to establish a list of a floristic list made up of 172 species, which belonged to 69 genera and 45 botanical families. Of these, 42 were endemic species, including 4 specific to the study area. The number of rare and very rare species was 70 taxa. The study also revealed the clear degradation of the genus Erica of this ecosystem. Analysis of the overall chorological spectrum showed a dominance of Mediterranean species (209 species), with a dominance (82.3%) of species that were therophyte species. The forest stands of the genus Quercus inhabiting the Guerrouche massif must be supported by the authorities to preserve and conserve this forest heritage against fires, illegal logging, etc. The results of this study will be the subject of development actions and rational management of these natural forest ecosystems.

Analysis of species floristics within the oak forests of Guerrouche (Jijel, Algeria)

Department of Natural and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences

Mohamed Boudiaf University of M’sila; Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnological Techniques and Valuation of Plant Resources (BTB_VRV)

Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine

Laboratory Project Urban City and Territory (LPUVIT)

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences

Laboratory of Biomolecules and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Exact Science and Life Science and Nature

Department of Nature and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences

University Mohamed Boudiaf M’sila; Laboratory of Research in Ecology and Environment (LREE)

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

The Guerrouche forest is home to a fairly important flora heritage which offers this massif a forest cover by the presence of quite remarkable forest stands,...

Analysis of species floristics within the oak forests of Guerrouche (Jijel, Algeria)

Data publikacji: 30 wrz 2021

Zakres stron: 1 - 7

Otrzymano: 15 mar 2021

Przyjęty: 23 sie 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2021-0013

Słowa kluczowe
plant diversity, botanical groups, rare and endemic species, Guerrouche, Algeria

© 2021 Rabah Bounar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Analysis of species floristics within the oak forests of Guerrouche (Jijel, Algeria)

Data publikacji: 30 wrz 2021

Zakres stron: 1 - 7

Otrzymano: 15 mar 2021

Przyjęty: 23 sie 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/environ-2021-0013

Słowa kluczoweplant diversity, botanical groups, rare and endemic species, Guerrouche, Algeria

© 2021 Rabah Bounar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
plant diversity, botanical groups, rare and endemic species, Guerrouche, Algeria