Physical Effect Characteristics on Spread and Abundance of Arbutus pavarii Pamp Plant in Green Mountain Region, Libya
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Arbutus pavarii, Soil factor, Green Mountain, LibyaAbstract
Arbutus pavarii Pamp is one of the most important endemic species in the Green Mountain region and is one of Libya's national natural resources. Naturally, the sustainable management and conservation of endemic and rare plants is essential to preserve global biodiversity, as the importance of these species and knowledge of their distribution and environmental characteristics to manage them in a sustainable manner and develop effective strategies for their conservation are not limited to the local level only. In this study, the effect of one of the environmental factors affecting the spread and abundance of the Shammari plant in the Green Mountain region was addressed, as it is a national natural resource that should be preserved, namely:
• The soil factor represented by:
A- Physical characteristics: In terms of soil texture, the highest presence of the Shammari plant is on calcareous soils, shallow and rocky soils, which are heavy red clay soils (Terra rossa), where the components of the soil sections of the third terrace were the highest abundance of the Shammari plant (clay (24.5%), clayey silt (10.2%), and silt (2.00%(
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