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2Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Cameroon Biodiversity Program, Tél.: + 237 222 20 26 45 ; B.P.: 3055 Messa-Yaoundé
The combined effect of climatic deterioration and anthropogenic pressure has caused a gradual degradation of the natural resources of the Mbam and Djerem National Park. This phenomenon has not spared the woody stratum which constitutes in this region the main source of forage in the dry season. The rehabilitation of these ecosystems necessarily requires precise ecological knowledge, hence the interest in making a diagnosis of the floristic diversity of the woody stratum. The dendrometric sampling method was used for this study carried out in Mbam and Djerem National Park. This inventory consisted in systematically identifying all the woody species by height class in 3 sites according to factor gradients. This method made it possible to inventory a total of 1,596 trees, divided into 45 species belonging to 24 families. Statistical processing of data obtained in the field shows that the flora is dominated by the family of Euphorbiaceae, Combretaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae group together the maximum of species with, respectively, 7 and 4 listed for the others. The richness of flora is more important in Kpayere which presents a weak similarity with Debiro.
