Identify, Limit and Determine the Vegetation Types of Wadi Ka'am Areas, Libya

Abstract

This study aimed at studying the vegetation cover of the Wadi Ka'am area (Lebda, Wadi Sowf El-Gene, Maslata reserve) between the widths of 30.24 ° and 32.40 ° North, and between 13.15 ° and 6 ° 15 ° longitudes. Analysis of climate data showed that the study area is subject to the Mediterranean climate characterized by hot summer and dry, cold, and rainy winter. Collected and classified about 158 ​​plant species belonging to 40 families, including one family of seed-fed plants and 39 seeded families, comprising 35 families with two semen and four families of one plant. Where the family consisted of the largest family which it contained 34 species followed by the Crusader family (17 species), and compared the order of the largest ten families in the Libyan flora families study area was compatible with some families and different from others. The results of the study showed that the largest species were Launea, Centaurea, and Erodium, where each species contained (4) species, followed by (6) species which included (3): Chrysanthemum, Plantago, Medicago, Euphorbia, Hypochoeris Vicia, also (31) species were medically recognized and their medicinal significance was identified. One species cultured was Pinus canariensis and four endemic species: Erodium keithii, Alkanna tinctoria, Perralderia granatum, Savignya parviflora. In the analysis of the growth patterns of the plant species, the annual growth was dominated by 50.63%, followed by short perennial plants (31.01%), long-standing plants (13.25%), and finally bulbs and risates (5.06%).