Floristic and Inventory Study of Mallaha Wetland Tripoli – Libya
Author(s) -
Mohammed H. Mahklouf,
Fathi Goma Al-Sghair
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of life science researches
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2375-7485
pISSN - 2332-0206
DOI - 10.21859/ajlsr-040401
Subject(s) - floristics , wetland , geography , forestry , ecology , biology , species richness
The aim of this study is to investigate the biodiversity status of Al-Hadaba Treatment Plant, the study was carried out in the period between February and June 2016, with one trip per week, the result of the survey let to collection and identification of 90 plant species belonging to 24 families and 65 genera, of which 24 species are belonging to monocotyledons and 66 belonging to dicotyledons. Floristic analysis were carried out which showed the perdominance of the family Poaceae with 18 species followed by the family AsteraceaE with 16 species, the result was also showed the predominance of the genus juncus with 4 species. Life form analysis a showed perdominance of Therophytes with 62 species. Kerwords: Flora – Biodiversity – Halophytes – Sabkha – Salt marsh.
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