Flora, Life form and chorological study of Box tree (Buxus hyrcanus Pojark.) sites in Khybus protected forest, Mazandaran

نویسندگان

1 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran

2 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran

3 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran

4 Department of Forestry, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran

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چکیده

Khybus Protected Area has one of the best and the most intact habitats of boxtrees (Buxus hyrcana Pojark.) in Hyrcanian forests. In this area, the lowest and the highest altitudes are 400 and 900 meters and is located in north east of Savadkooh. The floristic-physiognomic investigation which was performed by field-walk procedure showed that Flora of this region included 60 plant species which belonged to 54 genera and 39 families. The important families were Rosaceae, Aspidiaceae, Cyperaceae, Asparginaceae and Poaceae with 10%, 6.7%, 6.7%, 5% and 5% respectively. These families contained 33.4 percent of the total species. Phanerophytes (40%), Hemicryptophytes (28.3%) and Cryptophytes (25%) were the most important structure groups of the local biological spectrum according to Raunkaiaer method. The result of chorological studies showed that the chorotype form Euro_Sibria was the most important phytochorion which make up the chorological structure of Box trees stands in Khybus Protected Area.