Evaluación del crecimiento de las plántulas de 88 especies de hábito arbóreo, arbustivo, hierbas terrestres, escandecentes y palmas, presentes en el Vivero La Florida Del Jardín Botánico De Bogotá José Celestino Mutis

Abstract

The Nursery La Florida of the Bogotá Botanic Garden José Celestino Mutis has among its main objectives the production of plant material for ecological restoration, especially with respect to Andean forest and high Andean ecosystems, and other representative ecosystems of the sheet of Bogota. As part of the nursery work it is necessary to evaluate the growth of the species present in order to know its biology and physiology, also to know on average the production times, the time of delay in passing from one stage to another and the material requirements; which in turn help to standardize the processes of production and understanding of the physiological process of the plant. For this reason, all the species found in the restoration area of the Florida Nursery of the Bogotá Botanic Garden José Celestino Mutis are prioritized, since this area is the one with the highest priority for measurement within the nursery, to carry out this process was carried out to measure the growth (maximum height and stem diameter) of the 88 species prioritized during 4 for the development of initial growth curves. Similarly, the phytosanitary status was recorded in order to determine on a general scale the main diseases within the restoration area of the Florida nursery. Sampling of the leaves by species was also carried out to generate a descriptive and analytical analysis; based on three specific variables: Leaf area, specific leaf area and leaf content of dry matter, in order to determine the relationship between leaf traits and growth variables (height and diameter). Finally, with these results, we can arrive at some conclusions with which to make general recommendations to be carried out within the restoration area of the Florida Nursery of the Bogotá Botanical Garden José Celestino Mutis.