A survey study of the plants of Al Hur District in the Holy City of Karbala

Authors

  • Huda Abdelali Sahib Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Science, Kerbala University, Kerbala, Iraq
  • Neepal Imtair AlGaraawi Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Science, Kerbala University, Kerbala, Iraq

Keywords:

vegetation cover, food pyramid, solar energy, carbon dioxide

Abstract

This study examined the current survey of the gymnosperm plant and angiosperm plant of dicotyledon and monocotyledon wild during the study period (2021-2022) in the area of Kerbala disitricts, there are (287) species which relate to (192) genus and (58) families. The dicotyledone species 243) beloing to (50) families, the monocotyledon species (44) beloing to (8) families. All these have been scientifically classified with their local and common or Arabic names. Besides their duration and economic importance (medical, toxis, nutritional, forage, artificial, harmful, aromatic, ornamental, fuelplant or other uses). Moreover, their geographical distribution the districts of Iraq and the study results statistics have shown that the vast majority of the collected species are horbal plants totalling (183) wild species out of (287) wild species. As for the shrub species it amounts to (33) wild species where as the number of woody species of tree is (12) as the number of parasitic species is (4).

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Published

25-04-2024

How to Cite

Sahib, H. A., & AlGaraawi, N. I. (2024). A survey study of the plants of Al Hur District in the Holy City of Karbala. International Journal of Health Sciences, 8(S1), 612–637. Retrieved from https://sciencescholar.us/journal/index.php/ijhs/article/view/14871

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