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THE COMMUNITY of FURCRAEA PARMENTIERI, a THREATENED SPECIE, CENTRAL MEXICO Polibotánica, Núm Polibotánica ISSN: 1405-2768 [email protected] Departamento de Botánica México Almeida-Leñero, Lucía; Mondragón, Ana María; Ludlow-Wiechers, Beatriz; Aguilar-Zamora, Verónica THE COMMUNITY OF FURCRAEA PARMENTIERI, A THREATENED SPECIE, CENTRAL MEXICO Polibotánica, núm. 37, febrero-, 2014, pp. 25-46 Departamento de Botánica Distrito Federal, México Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=62129967002 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Núm. 37, pp. 25-46, ISSN 1405-2768; México, 2014 THE COMMUNITY OF FURCRAEA PARMENTIERI, A THREATENED SPECIE, CENTRAL MEXICO LA COMUNIDAD DE FURCRAEA PARMENTIERI, UNA ESPECIE AMENAZADA, EN EL CENTRO DE MÉXICO Lucía Almeida-Leñero, Ana María Mondragón, Beatriz Ludlow-Wiechers, y Verónica Aguilar-Zamora Laboratorio de Ecosistemas de Montaña. Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Ecología y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, CP 04510, DF, México. Correo electrónico: [email protected]; [email protected] ABSTRACT of Furcraea parmentieri community is important because, it is an endangered and The fl ora and vegetation of Furcraea par- endemic species, as well as a soil-stabilizing mentieri (Roezl ex Ortigies) Garcia-Mend. species for severely degraded zones (NOM- (F. bedinghausii) community was studied on 059-ECOL-2001). the Pelado volcano, at the S area of Mexico City. Following Zurich-Montpellier criteria, Key words: mega-rossette, vegetation azonal, 25 phytosociological plots were done, and endemic, conservation. the Jaccard index of similarity was calcula- ted. Furcraea parmentieri is associated with RESUMEN Muhlenbergia macroura to form an azonal community between 3 020 and 3 300 m, on Se estudió la fl ora y vegetación de la comu- rocky soils and gaps of Pinus-Alnus forest. nidad de Furcraea parmentieri (Roezl ex Three subcommunities can be distinguished: Ortigies) Garcia-Mend. (F. bedinghausii) Furcraea parmentieri-Trisetum virletii, especie amenazada y endémica de México Furcraea parmentieri-Aegopogon cenchroides (NOM-059-ECOL-2001), en el volcán and Furcraea parmentieri-Solanum cervan- Pelado, al S de la Ciudad de México. Se tesii. 87 species were recorded, representing realizaron 25 levantamientos siguiendo la 63 genera and 27 families, of which the most escuela fi tosociológica Zurich-Montpellier, abundant were Asteraceae and Poaceae. a los que se calculó el índice de similitud The proper environmental conditions for de Jaccard. Furcraea parmentieri se asocia Furcraea parmentieri are: altitudes between con Muhlenbergia macroura formando una 3 020 and 3 100 m, N exposures, acid soils comunidad azonal, entre los 3 020 y 3 330 with pH 6.0 and slopes among 36° and 45º. m, sobre suelos rocosos y claros del bosque The main problem for species preservation de Pinus-Alnus. Se diferenciaron tres subco- in the area is repeated burning, that depletes munidades: Furcraea parmentieri-Trisetum soils and destroys vegetative bulbils, cau- virletii, Furcraea parmentieri-Aegopogon sing population diminishment. Conservation cenchroides y Furcraea parmentieri-Solanum 25 Núm. 37: 25-46 Febrero 2014 cervantesiis. Se registraron en total 87 espe- (F. bedinghausii) is a mature community cies agrupadas en 63 géneros y 27 familias, in the Pelado volcano. This is a threatened siendo las más abundantes Asteraceae y species endemic to Mexico and protected Poaceae. Las condiciones ambientales pro- by specifi c laws (NOM-059-ECOL-2001; picias para el establecimiento de Furcraea SEMARNAT, 2002). The species distri- parmentieri son altitudes entre 3 020 a 3 100 bution is restricted to the TMVB, being m, en exposición N, suelos ácidos con pH 6.0 the Pelado and Ajusco, the volcanos with y pendientes de 36° a 45º. El mayor problema the major populations of this species. It is para la conservación de la especie en el área located in the igneous-rock slopes between son las quemas repetidas que empobrecen 2 500 and 3 400 m, associated with Pinus el suelo y destruyen los bulbilos, causando and Abies forest in shallow soils (Rivera y la disminución de las poblaciones. La con- Henze, 2007). F. parmentieri is present in servación de F. parmentieri es importante the Valley of Mexico, and in the states of porque además de ser una especie amena- México, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mi- zada y endémica, estabiliza suelos en zonas choacán, Morelos and probably in Veracruz severamente degradadas. (Rzedowski et al., 2001). In spite of its wide distribution, its populations are scarce and Palabras clave: megaroseta, vegetación small and it forms communities only around azonal, endémica, conservación. the Valley of Mexico, on the Ajusco and Pelado volcanoes on volcanic soils, below INTRODUCTION AND AIM the summits of the highest mountains and in some high-lying recent lava streams Mexico is crossed by the Trans-Mexican (pedregales). The Ajusco community popu- Volcanic Belt (TMVB) at about 20°N. lations show teratological phenomena such Eighteen million inhabitants place demands as fused or twisted fl owers and fl owering on the TMVB within the Valley of Mexico, spikes. It has a stenoic habitat specifi city, resulting in the decrease or extinction of small populations and demographic rarity; the fl ora and fauna in the surrounding areas studies on the gene pool of the plant have (Lugo, 1984; Rzedowski et al., 2001). demonstrated a very low level of variation among populations, which suggests that Various authors have studied the coniferous most plants may be of clonal origin, via forest in the TMVB and the Valley of Me- bulbils (García, 2001). xico. It is part of the fl oristic province of the Mesoamerican mountain region, which The species occurs in Abies, Quercus and is a zone of transition between the Holarctic Pinus forests, on rocky sites. Its physiog- and the Neotropical Kingdoms and consists nomy resembles a cluster of palms with a of mountainous massifs characterized by showy panicle in the middle of the forest temperate forests (Challenger, 1998; Rze- (Rzedowski et al., 2001). The species is also dowski, 2006; Luna et al., 2007). used for soil stabilization, the dried leaves are used as fi bers for bundling cereal crops, The mega-rosette community (Velázquez maize plants and fodder for livestock, and y Cleef, 1993) dominated by Furcraea par- the whole plants are used as living hedges. mentieri (Roezl ex Ortigies) Garcia-Mend. It is cultivated as an ornamental in botanical 26 Almeida-Leñero, L. et al.: The community of Furcraea parmentieri, a threatened species, Central Mexico gardens in Europe and the USA, although it of intermittent streams during the raing sea- is not grown in large numbers. In Mexico, F. son, that are important for the recharge of parmentieri fl owers from April to July, with the subterranean aquifers of the S of Mexico fl owers arranged in white-to-cream panicles City (Cervantes, 1980; González, 1982). The visited by hummingbirds. Flowering seems soils of the study area are mainly Lithosols to occur in plants that are 20-50 years old. and Humic Andosols of medium texture, Few of the capsules reach the fruiting stage with a high capacity for the retention of (García, 2000, 2001); most infl orescences water and nutrients; they are susceptible are replete with bulbils. to erosion and occur on fl at or slight slopes zones (Ortiz-Villanueva, 1975). It is essential to investigate factors that will aid conservation and management (Galván, The nearest meteorological station is ‘El 1988). For these reasons, the aim of this Guarda’, at 3 000 m. According to Gar- study was to analyse the fl ora and vegeta- cía (1988), the climate corresponds to tion of the azonal community of Furcraea Cb´(w2)(w)ig type, cold temperate, with parmentieri on the Pelado volcano, DF, rains in summer and precipitation/tempe- Mexico based on a physiognomic-fl oristic rature quotient exceeding 55, equivalent to analysis. the most humid of the sub-humid catego- ries. The rainfall in winter is less than 5% Study area of the annual precipitation, the summer is long and cool and there is little oscillation Pelado volcano, with a surface area of in average monthly temperature (between ~4800 ha, lies between 19º06’ and 19º12’ 5 and 7°C). The average annual tempera- N and 99º12’ and 99º16’ W. It is located in ture is 9°C. The highest monthly average the Valley of Mexico, forming part of the temperature occurs in May and August (14 Sierra Chichinautzin of the central region to 15°C) and the lowest in January and Fe- of the TMVB (Mondragón, 2001). Geologi- bruary (2 to 5°C). The total annual rainfall cally this volcano belongs to the formation is around 1 226.8 mm, of which 91.3% Chichinautzin from the Plio-Cuaternary occurs during the rainy season from June (Demant, 1978, fi g. 1). to August. The driest months are November and December, with an average rainfall The topography of the study area is rugged of 9 mm. December has the most days with an altitudinal gradient of 3 020 to 3 550 of freezing temperatures. The rest of the m and with a series of ridges having regular months have a precipitation that goes from and moderate gradients. The volcano has a 11 to 50 mm. The greatest number of days cineritic cone between 3 450 and 3 550 m with frost occurs in December, whereas June (González, 1982). There are andesites and and September have the highest number of basalts derived from the lava fl ows of the days with fog. Chichinautzin formation during the Upper Pleistocene (Rzedowski, 1978). The Pelado Zonal coniferous forests grow on the slopes volcano forms part of the ridgeline of the of the volcano between 2 400 and 3 600 m.
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