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Article

Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan

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Department of Botany, University of Okara, Okara 56300, Pakistan
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Department of Botany, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, Gujrat 50700, Pakistan
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Department of Botany, Government College, Women University, Sialkot 51310, Pakistan
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur 66111, Pakistan
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Department of Geography, College of Arabic Language and Social Studies, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, Saudi Arabia
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Department of Geography, College of Arts, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
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Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Tartous, Tartous P.O. Box 2147, Syria
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Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Damascus University, Damascus P.O. Box 30621, Syria
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Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Tishreen University, Lattakia P.O. Box 2237, Syria
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Land 2022, 11(12), 2145; https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122145
Submission received: 25 October 2022 / Revised: 25 November 2022 / Accepted: 26 November 2022 / Published: 28 November 2022

Abstract

Plant diversity is lower in arid regions around the world. However, semi-arid regions have very high species richness and are notable in terms of vegetation structure and plant diversity. The major goal of this study was to assess the composition and diversity of woody species with respect to edaphic properties in semi-arid lowlands of Kasur, Punjab Pakistan. Comprehensive field surveys were conducted to study the botanical diversity of woody vegetation in Kasur district (Punjab) during 2020–2022. Based on geography and vegetation richness, 120 sampling sites were selected, with each site comprising 05 transects of 500 m2 randomly. Therefore, from each sampling site, 25 quadrats were taken for exploring the biological assortment of woody vegetation. Soil samples were collected at a depth of 9 to 12 cm and placed in a polythene bag. The soil samples were tested for soil pH, EC, OM, macronutrients (N, P, and K), and cation exchange capacity (CEC). A total of 86 woody species belonging to 61 genera and 26 families were documented from diverse habitats of semi-arid lowland of Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan. The leading family was Leguminosae having 13 genera and 21 species, followed by Moraceae, including four genera and nine species, and Bignoniaceae with seven genera and 09 species. Overall, five woody plant communities were renamed by means of the maximum indictor-valued plant species, such as those listed below; 1. EDM: Eucalyptus-Dalbergia-Morus community; 2. PBM: Populus-Bombax-Morus community; 3. ZTZ: Ziziphus-Tamarix- Ziziphus community; 4. PAP: Prosopis-Acacia-Prosopis community, and 5. BCR: Broussonetia-Conocarpus-Ricinus community. The CCA ordination makes it apparent that appropriate edaphic aspects, such as pH, organic matter, N, P, K, soil texture (silt, sand, and clay), and cation exchange capacity (CEC), have a significant influence on how woody species are distributed. The current effort provides a fundamental layout to realize the influences of environmental variables on the arrangement, variety, and relations of woody vegetation, which is useful to improve the conservation and management events for the ecological restoration of degraded habitation in the studied district.
Keywords: biological richness; distribution patterns; woody vegetation; geography; Punjab biological richness; distribution patterns; woody vegetation; geography; Punjab

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Waheed, M.; Arshad, F.; Majeed, M.; Fatima, S.; Mukhtar, N.; Aziz, R.; Mangrio, W.M.; Almohamad, H.; Al Dughairi, A.A.; Al-Mutiry, M.; et al. Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan. Land 2022, 11, 2145. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122145

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Waheed M, Arshad F, Majeed M, Fatima S, Mukhtar N, Aziz R, Mangrio WM, Almohamad H, Al Dughairi AA, Al-Mutiry M, et al. Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan. Land. 2022; 11(12):2145. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122145

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Waheed, Muhammad, Fahim Arshad, Muhammad Majeed, Sammer Fatima, Naila Mukhtar, Robina Aziz, Wali Muhammad Mangrio, Hussein Almohamad, Ahmed Abdullah Al Dughairi, Motrih Al-Mutiry, and et al. 2022. "Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan" Land 11, no. 12: 2145. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122145

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Waheed, M., Arshad, F., Majeed, M., Fatima, S., Mukhtar, N., Aziz, R., Mangrio, W. M., Almohamad, H., Al Dughairi, A. A., Al-Mutiry, M., & Abdo, H. G. (2022). Community Structure and Distribution Pattern of Woody Vegetation in Response to Soil properties in Semi-Arid Lowland District Kasur Punjab, Pakistan. Land, 11(12), 2145. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11122145

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