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Characterization of Habitat of Rhamnus alaternus L. at the Jebel Tessala (North-Western Algeria)



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Benchiha Walid, Mahroug Samira, Bennaoum Zineb and Bouterfas Karim

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DOI:10.17265/1934-7375/2014.11.004

In this study, the authors were interested to the evaluation of biodiversity in the Jebel Tessala. Ten stations were selected based on altitudinal gradient, inside each station, identified flora has been conducted and a soil sample was taken from. A floristic inventory was carried out from all stations characterizing habitat of our studied taxon which is Rhamnus alaternus L. The authors established a list of plants represented by 94 species, distributed in 46 botanical families that are dominated by Asteraceae. The biological spectrum of these species reveals the dominance of hemicryptophytes and therophytes. The biogeographical element which predominates the vegetation is the Mediterranean-type. Statistical processing PCA (principal component analysis) from the pedological analysis of the examined stations reveals the formation of three groups defining a set of station that are marked by the presence of some components of the soil. Data processing obtained by FCA (factorial correspondence analysis) and the ascending hierarchical classification had underscored the existence of two groups of strata according to the soil substrate

Altitudinal gradient, FCA, Jebel Tessala, PCA, statement flora