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Mohammadi J, Zaree Maivan H, ejtehadi H. Floristic study of forests Kasf (Khorasan Razavi). Journal title 2015; 15 (1) :34-44
URL: http://jsci.khu.ac.ir/article-1-1600-en.html
1- MSc graduate from Tarbiat Modares University
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Vegetation of Kasf forest with an area of over 12 ha, located in the east-west direction at a distance of 20 kilometers north of the city of Bardaskan, between 57° and 52' and 30" to 58° and 00' and 00" East longitude and 35° and 22' and 30" to 35° and 30' and 00" North latitude, in a mountainous arid region with a minimum and maximum temperature of -10 and +45° C , respectively and average annual precipitation of 155 mm, at an altitude of about 1600 m above sea level with 15% slope was studied using floristic method 2 years after fire and life forms and geographical distribution of plant species were determined. Sixty nine plant species belonging to 29 families (25 Dicots, 3 monocots and one gymnosperm). The largest families were the mint (Lamiaceae) with 11, Compositeae (Asteraceae) with 9 and carnation family (Caryophyllaceae) with 5 species. The life forms included Therophytes with 36% (25 species), Hemicryptophytes 29% (20 species), Chamaephytes 16% (11 species), Phanerophytes 13% (9 species) and cryptophytes with 6% (4 species). The high percentage of Hemicryptophytes indicated dominance of cold mountainous climate and the presence of Asteraceae species such as harmala (Peganum harmala) showed sever disturbance had taken place in the region and thus, the need for administering greater ecological care and employing more extensive environmental supervision and management was identified.
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Published: 2015/04/15

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