Diseño de un vivero forestal e identificación de especies forestales nativas para forestacion y reforestacion en la parroquia Cacha, cantón Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

This research a to design a forest nursery after identifying native forest species to propose afforestation and reforestation programs through workshops with community leaders in Cacha Town. So, It pretends to open field tours to identify species that are potential for such programs where fertile samples of the plants themselves were collected, which were determined by the comparison method in the institutional herbarium and later validated in the Ecuadorian flora catalog to verify the species taxonomically, altitude floor final to which they belong and verify that these species are not introduced, where finally the information collected was compared with the classification of the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition for the correct identification of the ecological zone to which the territory belongs, after which the design of the nursery was carried out, which met all the demand needs for plant production so that residents can take advantage of their resources. At the end of this work, an accessible budget was calculated that contemplated the demanded production capacity and available space that allows the realization of the sustainable nursery. The results yielded four native shrub-type forest species: Monina phillyreoides (boupl) B. Eriksen, K ortega, Dalea coerulea (L. f) Shinz & Tell, Mimosa quitensis (Benth), five species suggested by the community: Alnus acuminata, Polylepis incana, Cytisus monspesulanum, Mimosa quitensis, Acacia melanoxylon and A forest nursery distributed in nine areas was dthesigned on an area of 1025.32 m2 to supply the production of 37,500 plants with a budget of $3,590.36. Concluding that these species are the potential for soil recovery and subsequent afforestation and reforestation programs, carrying out tests with the species to eradicate invasive species is recommended.