Quali-Quantitative evaluation of arborization in the urban zone of the municipalities of Beberibe and Cascavel, Ceará State, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Edson-Chaves, Bruno
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Dantas, Ana Géssica Brito, Lima, Neudiane Silva, Pantoja, Lydia Dayanne Maia, Mendes, Roselita Maria de Souza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Ciência Florestal (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/cienciaflorestal/article/view/29939
• topic: Phytosociological assessment; Urbanization; Floristic diversity; Levantamento fitossociológico; Urbanização; Diversidade florística

The objective of this study was to carry out a quali-quantitative phytosociological inventory and assessment along the streets and avenues of the urban zone of the municipalities of Beberibe and Cascavel (Ceará state). The trees were analyzed from August 2014 to July 2016. A total of 636 individuals were inventoried, 512 in Cascavel and 124 in Beberibe, distributed in 18 species and 12 families, of which Azadirachta indica A. Juss. (Meliaceae) was the most representative one. The other featured species were: Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry (8,33%), Ficus benjamina L. (5,35%) e Gossypium arboreum L. (2,99%). There was a high percentage (98.74%) of exotic species, including among the fruit species. In general, the trees in Beberibe were found to be smaller, with better general health. Cascavel presents plants with more damage and less phytosanitary, this fact can be explained by the lower diversity index (H ‘= 0.4) and higher amount of pruning. The study of urban arborization is important to support public management.