Avaliação quanti-qualitativa da arborização do bairro várzea redonda, Sumé-PB.

Abstract

Urban afforestation, understood as a set of trees that are established in public or private areas in a city, aims at the social and environmental well-being of the local society and the promotion of the quality of life of the inhabitants, but not always in small towns an adequate planning for the implantation of the trees in the streets, compromising the establishment of these and bringing conflicts with the architectural elements, with the spinning and the sidewalks. The objective of this research was to diagnose the tree cover of tree species on the streets of Várzea Redonda, Sumé - PB, as a contribution to the public policy of afforestation. Twenty-seven streets were surveyed, and the trees were observed in a qualitative way. A total of 674 individuals were identified, distributed in 12 botanical families and 16 species, showing a satisfactory diversity. The results verified in the inventory indicate that the arborization of the streets of the neighborhood of Várzea Redonda presents richness of species considered intermediate / high level, with predominance Ficus benjamina with 320 individuals (47.0%) and Azadirachta indica with 196 individuals (29.0 %). Conflicts of afforestation with sidewalks and electric wiring, problems due to infestation of phytoparasites, and need for pruning were observed. It is suggested the implementation of a planning and monitoring of the trees as well as the development of a policy of the afforestation projects.