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Note on the Orchids of the Mounts of Saida (Western Algeria) : Evaluation-Restoration Report Eco. Env. & Cons. 26 (2) : 2020; pp. (521-529) Copyright@ EM International ISSN 0971–765X Note on the Orchids of the mounts of Saida (Western Algeria) : Evaluation-restoration report Sid Ahmed Aouadj1*, Yahia Nasrallah2 and Okkacha Hasnaoui1 1 Laboratory of Ecology and Management of Natural Ecosystems, Department of Ecology and Environment, Faculty of Nature and Life Sciences and Earth and Universe Sciences, Abou Bakr Belkaid University, Tlemcen, Algeria 2Laboratory of Biotoxicology, Pharmacognosia and Biological Valuation of Plants, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universeity of Dr. Tahar Moulay, Saida, Algeria (Received 9 October, 2019; accepted 15 December, 2019) ABSTRACT A phytoecological diagnosis was carried out in the area of Doui Thabet (Mount of Saida, western Algeria) with the aim to establish a state of the flora. Orchidoflora has been specifically monitored. The inventory, carried out after the forest is cut into homogeneous areas, is based on random and repeated surveys in time and space during the springs and autumns from 2017 to 2019. This diagnosis revealed the presence of 5 orchids belonging to 3 geners (3 have been reported for the first time in this territory) : Ophrys lutea (Cav.). Gouan, Ophrys speculum Link. subsp. speculum, Ophrys tenthredinifera Willd. Subsp. tenthredinifera , Anacamptis papilionacea (L.) R.M. Bateman, Pridgeon and M.W. Chase and Dactylorhiza elata (Poir.). The latter is an endemic taxon, rare and is listed on the red list of IUCN as a near-threatened species. On the other hand, (Anacamptis papilionacea) is a rather rare taxon in the Tell, endemic and protected in Algeria and Ophrys tenthredinifera Willd. Subsp. tenthredinifera is an endemic taxon. Word keys : Orchidoflora, Inventory, homogeneous areas, Mount of Saida, Western Algeria. Introduction contain 800 genres and between 25,000 and 30,000 species worldwide, 95% of which are present in The flora of Algeria has been the subject of many tropical regions and only 5% in temperate regions works such as : Cosson (1856, 1880); Battandier (Telepova-Texier, 2011; Cakova, 2013). (1888-1890, 1910); Battandier and Trabut (1895, The Algerian orchidoflore remains insufficiently 1902); Quézel (1956-1957); Quézel and Santa (1962- known; many studies have been carried out to de- 1963); Quézel (1964); Quézel and Bounaga (1975); Le termine its wealth in certain regions of the country. Maire (1952-1987); Latham and Rickleks (1993); Among them: De Bélair et al. (2005) in Numidia, Quézel and Medail (1995); Medail et al. (1997); Babali et al. (2013) in Moutas-Tlemcen, Beghami et Ozenda (1997); Sterry (2001); Barbero et al. (2001); al. (2015) in The Aurés, Bougaham et al. (2015) in Quézel et al. (2003). The majority of references are Kabylia des Bâbords, Hamel et al. (2016) in the Pen- too old and the inventory of the references needs insula of Edough-Sekikda, Madoui et al. (2017) in further investigations for its updating. the forest and pre-forest formations of Setif, According to Gravendeel et al. (2004), orchids are Boukehili et al. (2018) in the forest and pre-forest classified among the most diverse families, they formations of Souk Ahras and Miara et al. (2018) in 522 Eco. Env. & Cons. 26 (2) : 2020 the Mounts of Tiaret. The Saida region is unknown Methodology in flora, especially the specific richness especially rare, endemic, protected species and orchidoflora. The sampling method adopted in this study, known The aim of this work is to specially invent or- as a “mixed method,” combines stratified sampling chids, for the first time at the Mounts of Saida, in the to designate homogeneous ecological zones, fol- area of Doui Thabet, which is part of the Mounts of lowed by random sampling based on the prospect- Saida (biogeographic subsector of the Tellien ing of target species within each area. Oranais Atlas (O3). The method adopted is a mixed The use of ecological zoning allows us to have a sampling, during the springs (research of early taxa) vision on the appearance and spatial arrangement and autumns (search for autumn taxa), from the of plants through plant surveys and the study of years 2017 to 2019. This work is followed by a com- biological types. Each area is distinguished by its parison of the state of the orchidoflora of our area soil, microclimate, topography, and floristic compo- compared to other regions of the country. sition. All these elements contribute to the knowl- edge of how the ecosystem works. Materials and Methods The determination of the main homo-ecological zones is carried out on the basis of ‘integration of Region of study thematic maps of different stratifiers such as soil type, substrate, vegetation physiognomy, slope, al- The Doui Thabet area is located north-west of saida titude and exposure, Geographic Information Sys- city in the biogeographic subsector of the Tellien tem (G.I.S). For topographic stratifiers, we devel- Oranais Atlas (O3). It is characterized by a semi-arid oped a 12 m Digital Field Model (D.F.M.) from a bioclimatic stage where the average annual rainfall radar image using the “Mapinfo 7.8” software and rarely exceeds 350 mm, with a seasonal H.P.A.E. then extracting hypsometric maps, slopes and expo- The coldest month is January with a minimum of sures. For other stratifiers, we used the geological 2°C and the warmest month is August, with maxi- map of the study area (S.A.T.E.C, 1976), the mum averages of 35 °C. The area is characterized by lithological unit map (B.N.E.D.E.R, 1992) and the a short rainy and cold period, averaging from No- plant formation map (B.N.E.D.E.R., 1992). vember to March and another dry and warm period The cross of data was done by the following func- over the rest of the month of the year. The main soil tion : and lithological units characterizing the soils of the Doui Thabet area are lithosols, red-brown soils and 1 × (A + B + C + D + E + F ) limestone brown soils (B.N.E.D.E.R. 1992) (Fig. 1). N i i i i i i N: number of parameters used in model = 6; A: pixel information in parameter a (substrates); B: pixel information of parameter b (type of soil); C: the pixel information of the parameter c (physionomy); D: the pixel information of the parameter e (altitude); E: pixel information for the parameter e (slope); F: the pixel information of the parameter f (exposure) The ecologically homogeneous areas that re- sulted, guided the choice of location of the phytoso- ciological survey stations. Within these areas, the selection of stations was Fig. 1. Limit of the Study Area randomly selected during the spring and autumn of the years (2017 to 2019). Some orchids are autumn- According to the numerical terrain model flowering; others are early-flowering and others (NTM), the study area has a heterogeneous and rug- late. Surveys have mainly targeted open environ- ged terrain; its altitude is between 580 m and 1203 ments (De Bélair et al., 2005). m. 25% of its area at steep slopes (up 20%), espe- The botanical identification of taxa was made at cially towards the east. the research laboratory of Ecology and Management AOUADJ ET AL 523 of Natural Ecosystems at the University of Tlemcen the disturbance index (IP) for seven stations in the using the works: Le Maire (1952-1987); Quézel and study area (Fig. 2) : Santa (1962-1963); Fennane et al. (1999) and Dobignard and Chatelain (2010-2013); Martin et al. (2015) and Delforge (2005). To determine the pro- tected taxa in Algeria, we consulted Executive Or- der 12-03 of 10 safar 1433 corresponding to 4 Janu- ary 2012 setting out the list of protected spontane- ous species in Algeria and the IUCN Red List (2010), supplemented by the status of IUCN (2018) not yet published (JORA, 2012) (Véla and Allen, pers. comm). The criteria used for the selection of catego- ries, both in the bibliography consulted and in the unpublished data, are those of version 3.1 of IUCN (2001). Based on phytosociological surveys conducted in each area, we calculated the net biological spectrum and disturbance index (IP) of each area (Loisel and Fig. 2. A : Biological spectrum. Gamila, 1993). These two parameters tell us about The use of the mixed sampling method allowed the health of our forest. us to go through the delineated stations and to in- vent the orchidoflora of the Doui Thabet area, rep- Results resented by 5 taxa belonging to 3 genres (Table 2, Fig. 3, and 4). Following the overlapping of the various thematic The distribution of orchids at the 7 stations in the maps and field surveys, we have cleared seven Doui Thabet area is heterogeneous according to envi- homo-ecological zones (Table 1). ronmental variables (including rugged terrain and a Based on phytosociological surveys conducted in mixture of various plant species). Stations 2, 5 and 7 each ecological zone and abundance coefficients - have only one orchid, stations 3 and 6 have 2 orchids, dominance of identified taxa, we determined the Station 1 contains 3 orchids, while Station 4 is the percentage of each biological type and calculated richest in orchids and includes all 4 species (Fig. 5). Table 1. Characterization of stations sampled in the study area. Zone Ecological conditions Biotope Elevation (m) Exhibition Slope(%) Soil 1 Scrub to Ciste 800-950 Northwest to Northeast 0-4 red brown, sanded-textured soils 2 Riverine 580-600 Northwest to Northeast 0-3 light-texturedred brown soils 3 Scrub to Thuya of 720-897 South 3-11 Limestone brown Berberie soil 4 Scrub to oléo-lentisque 900-1150 Northeast e”12 Lithosol 5 Scrub to Thuya de berberie 900-1000 South 3 - 10 red-brown soils and Genevrier oxycédre with humiferous 6 Scrub to Pin d’alep 900-1203 Northwest to Northeast 0-6 red brown, sanded-textured soils 7 Scrub to Romarin 850- 989 Flat 0-5 red brown, et Lavande sanded-textured soils 524 Eco.
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