Phytosociological characterization of the urban forest of La Bolera
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Urban tree canopies are essential for improving air quality, providing shade, reducing noise, and promoting community well-being, thereby contributing to a healthier and more sustainable environment. The urban forest of La Bolera, in Plaza municipality, Havana, Cuba, is characterized as a source of information for the definition of environmental and social management measures of the wooded space. The phytosociological method was used to analyze the information derived from the floristic inventory. It was determined that the evaluated scenario presents a richness of 27 tree species distributed in the same number of genera and 17 botanical families. The system is considered moderately diverse since the Shannon index registered values of 2.51 that are reinforced by the complementary Simpson index. The species of greatest ecological importance are Casuarina sp.; Sterculia apetala; Peltophorum pterocarpum, and Albizia lebbeck. To achieve an adequate urban forest, the planting of species with diameters less than 20 cm is proposed to replace the high abundance of very adult specimens. The carbon retained in the wooded space is estimated at 49.51 tons.
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