Flora and Phytosociological of Plant in Al-Dawaimah of Palestine

Abstract

Al-Dawaimah is an ancient Canaanite Palestinian village, occupied in 1948 by Israel, and belongs to inframediterranean to thermomediterranean thermotype and arid, semi-arid, and dry ombrotype. The study presents, a region rich in many plant vascular, and it is part of the Palestinian coast, North Africa, the Negev and the Sinai desert, in addition to the mountainous hills of Palestine located west of the Hebron, Jordan River and the Dead Sea. The objective is to identify and update the flora and vegetation in the area of Al-Dawaimah and its neighboring areas in west Hebron of Palestine. Methodology: More than 270 plant specimens have been taken from Al-Dawaimah and surroundings areas, using Braun-Blanquet, Van der Maarel and Salvador River Martinez methods to study the flora, and phytosociological plants, and 214 x 10 plants plots distributed in area were studied. Result and discussion: Three different plant communities were identified, in different environments between arid, dry-subhumid ombrotype and infra-thermomediterranean thermotype, and different soils as (carbon substrates as brown ruinsenas and terra rossa lands, limestone and others), where more than 214 species of plants have been found, of which 45 (20.02%) are endemic species, and in Raunkiaer's life system, trees represent were, (86; 40.18% trees), (34; 15.88% shrubs), (51; 23.83% chamaephytes), (10; 4.67% geophytes), (16; 7.47% phanerophytes), and (12; 6.54% hemicryptophytes). Conclusion: In Al-Dawaimah area, syntaxonomical performance of these associations are:

Analysis of the Population Structure and Dynamic of Endemic Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. (Lamiaceae)

“…The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https: //www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/su141610295/s1, Table S1: Data from the population census of Salvia ceratophylloides Ard., the micro-populations of the species were divided into sub-areas with similar habitats, in each sub-area the count of individuals was carried out distinguishing the different "life stages"; Table S2: Complete list of the species present in the stations of Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. with the relative phytosociological class to which they belonged, in accordance with Mucina [50] and the "Prodromo della Vegetazione d'Italia" [51]: ART-Artemisietea vulgaris; CHE-Chenopodietea; LAV-Cisto-Lavanduletea stoechadis; CYM-Cymbalario-Parietarietea diffusae; URT-Galio aparines-Urticetea maioris; TUB-Helianthemetea guttati; LYG-Lygeo sparti-Stipetea tenacissimae; MOL-Molinio-Arrhenatheretea; ROS-Ononido-Rosmarinetea; PAR-Papaveretea rhoeadis; QUI-Quercetea ilicis; ROB-Robinietea; SIS -Sisymbrietea; TRA-Stipo-Trachynietea distachyae; THL-Thlaspietea rotundifoliae; GER-Trifolio-Geranietea sanguinei. Table S3: Phytosociological classes of the taxa present in the vegetation surveys.…”

“…In order to characterise the habitat of S. ceratophylloides in each micro-popula ecologically and physiognomically homogenous sub-areas were identified, on w vegetation analysis was carried out using the phytosociological method [50][51][52]. LG = Large Generative).…”

Climatology, Bioclimatology and Vegetation Cover: Tools to Mitigate Climate Change in Olive Groves

“…Based on our findings we have devised agricultural and forestry management models that have led us to a worldwide sustainability model with proposals for management to mitigate the ongoing profound and irregular global climate change. This has been achieved by conducting studies in such widely differing locations as Palestine [1][2][3][4][5], Italy, Spain, Portugal [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13], the Caribbean, Mexico and Brazil [14][15][16][17][18][19]. To pursue sustainable development, it is necessary to conduct prior research into the methodology to ensure the intended aim is attained.…”