Floristic diversity of a semi-deciduous microphile forest in the Imias municipality, Guantanamo

Abstract

The work was developed in the semi-deciduous microphilous forest “Los Cerezos”, Imías municipality, Guantánamo province, in the period from January 2019 to October 2020, with the aim of determining the floristic diversity of a semi-deciduous microphilous forest. Beta diversity was characterized by a cluster analysis and the alpha diversity was determined by richness indices, proportional species abundance, species dominance and the ecological importance value index. The inventory yielded a total of 20 species, 19 genera and 17 families where the most ecologically important species were Bourreria succulenta jacq, and Pithecellobium histrix (a. Rich.) Benth. In the analysis of the conglomerate, five clusters with a 70% similarity. The low floristic diversity that characterizes these areas was demonstrated, where low indices of diversity of the floristic species of the microphilous semi-deciduous forest converge.