Caracterización florística y estructural de la vegetación sucesional temprana en la inspección de Mámbita, Ubalá, Cundinamarca

Abstract

The floristic, compositional and diversity characterization of two early succession forests was carried out in the inspection of Mámbita, municipality of Ubalá de Cundinamarca. Two plots of 0.1 ha were established, at altitudes between 790 and 810 masl and botanic samples were collected to enrich the information on the floristic composition in the inspection, the gallery forest of the Guavio river and the Algodones village of the municipality of Ubalá . A total of 114 species were found, distributed in 85 genera from 44 botanical families. The families with the highest number of species were Leguminosae and Melastomataceae (9), Solanaceae (8), Moraceae (7) and Rubiaceae (6). The genera most represented by species were Miconia (7), Ficus (6), Cestrum (4) and Siparuna (4). From structural aspects, both plots show that the forests are currently in early processes of ecological succession, but different types, stages and origins; this is reflected through a small number of individuals, and low magnitudes of diameter, height and basal area. The species richness found in the plots was low and this is less diverse than other areas of the Orinoco foothills. The ecological conditions the vegetation would improve under the pertinent environmental measures. Although these forests are in the early stages of succession, the provision of ecosystem services remains.