SDCA Journal of Biological Research

Abstract

Plant biodiversity is such a crucial part in any ecosystem because it helps prevent the extinction of species for they serve as a habitat and its presence allows other organisms to adapt and change in the environment. One of the reasons why population scientists keep track of the plant population is because the appropriate plant population or density for any specific situation produces mature plants that are dense enough to use resources like water, nutrients, and sunlight effectively, but not so dense that some plants die or even become unproductive (Lyon, 2009; Kavut et al., 2014). The researchers gathered specimens from Isla Verde, specifically at Mt. Dagitdagit using the quadrat and random sampling method. The researchers took branches from plants and stored them into polyethylene bags for coding and denaturation. The denatured plants were then pressed and identified; the pressed plants are attached to an A3 sized vellum board for classification and further analysis. The plants are listed into an illustrated table that identifies if the plants are present in each quadrat or not, so that the researchers can identify the factors that lie within the flora that are situated in the same coordinates but differs in landscape. Twenty (20) plants that were gathered in total showed the premise of the growth of flora in Isla Verde and its flora diversity from various landscapes because one of the plants that were present in both quadrats possesses a quality from a family of plants that no other plant from two quadrats had.

Keywords: Flora; Flora diversity; Growth; Isla Verde; Landscapes.