Author(s)

Smaïn El-Amine Henaoui, Mohammed Bouazza

Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Life and Earth Sciences and the Universe, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria.

Tlemcen region is characterized by a Mediterranean climate, with a remarkable vegetal cover. The latter is influenced by the anthropozoological action. For that, we realized a phytoecological study based on the minimum area classical method [1] which allows us to have a good overview on plant biodiversity and better analyze and interpret the vegetation at different levels (systematic composition; biological, morphological and biogeographical characterizations; stratification; and plant species inventory which we hope comprehensive). The results show that our ecosystems are disrupted because therophytisation, before last vegetation dynamics element [2], settles giving up a few feet of cork and holm oaks species of ancient forest.

Phytoecology; Plant Diversity; Minimum Area; Anthropic Action; Tlemcen (Western Algeria)

Henaoui, S. and Bouazza, M. (2012) The current state of the plant diversity in the Tlemcen region (Northwest Algeria). Open Journal of Ecology, 2, 244-255. doi: 10.4236/oje.2012.24028.