Tree flora of the floodplain forests of the Los Amigos River, Peruvian Amazon
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https://doi.org/10.55873/rba.v3i1.274Keywords:
alluvial flooded forest, floristic composition, tree flora, Los Amigos riverAbstract
The present study describes the tree flora and its structure recorded in four 1 hectare plots in the floodplain forests adjacent to the Los Amigos and Madre de Dios rivers in Southeastern Peru. A total of 317 species, 188 genera and 61 families were recorded in the four plots. The variation in species per hectare was 121–156, genera 88–112, and families 36–46. A density of tree individuals of 299–574 and a basal area of 18.23–32.58 m2 per hectare have been recorded. The most abundant species were palms and trees from the middle stratum of the forest such as Iriartea deltoidea, Pseudolmedia laevis and Euterpe precatoria in the plots of Bajío CM3, Cocha Lobo and Jacaratia. In the CM3 Bamboo Plot the most abundant species are Iriartea deltoidea and Socratea exorrhiza. The most abundant families were Arecaceae, Moraceae and Malvaceae.
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