TITLE:
Phytosociology with Other Characteristic Biologically and Ecologically of Plant in Palestine
AUTHORS:
Jehad M. H. Ighbareyeh, A. Cano-Ortiz, Asma A. A. Suliemieh, Mohammed M. H. Ighbareyeh, E. Cano
KEYWORDS:
Palestine, Ecology, Biology, Phytosociology, Plant
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.5 No.20,
September
29,
2014
ABSTRACT: Idna, Hebron area, Palestine was subject to phytosociological study
through the period from March to May 2013; this area has a characteristic dry,
arid, semi-arid and very little of sub-humid and locates between Mediterranean,
Negev and Sinai regions. We took 237 samples of different species plants from
Idna village; the absence of phytosociological studies on the area led us to
run a statistical treatment on the 237 woody plant inventories. Moreover, the
inventories were made following Braun-Blanquet 1979; we transformed the
Braun-Blanquet species abundance-dominance values into those of Van der
Maarel 1979. In the statistical
treatment we obtained two large groups in the cluster: group (A), representing
forests, copses and high shrublands influenced by climate (climatophilous); and
group (B), representing Tamarix copses which are influenced by edaphohygrophilic. Working a great interest for Palestine. Due to the lack of
phytosociological studies in this country. For the first time gets to sample
and characterize the phytosociological methodology
woody plant communities. The objective of this study is to obtain bioclimatic indicators
to trigger sustainable agricultural development. We propose eight association plant communities such as ASL1 = association of woody plants (association one)—Pistacio palaestinae-Quercetum
lokii; ASL2—Capparido
sinaicae-Ceratonietum siliquae; ASL3—Cerasus microcarpae-Quercetum ithaburensis; ASL4—Pyro siriacae-Abietetum cilicicae; ASL5—Abio ciliciae-Ceratonietum siliquae; ASL6—Periploco aphylli-Pinetum halepensis; ASL7—Cytisopsis pseudocytiso-Tamaricetum tetragynae; ASL8—Crataego sinaicae-Tamaricetum jordanii.