Open AccessFlora y vegetación de las dunas de la Playa Grande de Cartagena, una playa urbana en Chile central
Author(s) -
Andrés Madrid,
Sebastián Teillier
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
darwiniana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1850-1699
pISSN - 0011-6793
DOI - 10.14522/darwiniana.2021.92.959
Subject(s) - ruderal species , geography , marsh , grassland , wetland , flora (microbiology) , vegetation (pathology) , ecology , forestry , biology , habitat , medicine , genetics , pathology , bacteria
The flora of the Playa Grande of Cartagena in the Valparaiso Region, commune of El Tabo (33°30´S, 71°36´W), is made up of 98 species of vascular plants, 61 % of which are exotics, most feral. The vegetation is made up of five units: a Carpobrotus chilensis and Chrysanthemum coronarium grassland dominated by ruderal species, mostly feral alien species, which marks the boundary between the populated area and the dune field with the sandy beach; a Ambrosia chamissonis and Poa cumingii scrub that is typical of the primary and secondary dunes and occupies the largest vegetated area in the study area; a Nolana crassulifolia scrub, a coastal rocky rocks; and two units typical of coastal wetlands: a marsh grassland with Schoenoplectus pungens and Cotula coronopifolia, and a Typha dominguensis grassland in a water body.