Evaluación de la diversidad florística del bosque El Cedral, caserío Vizcaya, parroquia Ulba, cantón Baños, provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

A study was carried out whose purpose was to evaluate the floristic diversity of “El Cedral” Forest Caserío Vizcaya, Cantón, Baños, Province of Tungurahua, taking it as a study area, for conservation purposes, the research was a non-experimental transversal exploratory design, the sample size was determined using the method called non-probabilistic and decisional; to gather information and collect data, five excursions were done, the first delimited the study area using a geographic information system, the remaining four outings were to collect information data and collect floristic species, in the place under study, a sample area of 120 hectares was installed, divided into 13 transects of 50 m by 100 m, the diameter at breast height (DBH) of the species larger than 5 cm was applied, in addition, the method of analysis of the parameters of frequency, abundance, dominance and importance value index was applied, which allowed the quantitative and qualitative comparison of the sites studied, resulting in the dominant species found in the “El Cedral” Forest was Miconia with 61 individuals from the MELASTOMATÁCEA family, followed by SP2 (Chimai) with 47 individuals from the LAURACEAE family, SP1 with 43 individuals from the LAURACEAE family, WEINMANNIA with 41 individuals, the diversity indices of Simpson, Shannon and Sorensen demonstrated that the “El Cedral” Forest has a medium diversity and there is greater similarity in the species of transects 3, 4, 5 and 6. Finally, friendly and sustainable alternatives were proposed in the agricultural production areas, tourism and protection and conservation in order to prevent the advance of the agricultural frontier.