Catálogo de árvores e arbustos presentes no paisagismo da UFCG, Campus de Patos - PB

Abstract

Urban landscaping is all shrubby and arboreal vegetation cover that exists in cities. Its introduction in academic environments can serve as a tool in environmental education, collaborating with the quality of the students' learning. Thus, the objective of the work was to identify and catalog the trees and shrubs that make up the arborization of the Health and Rural Technology Center (CSTR) of the Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), creating a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) on the official site of the Center, which will give access to the collection of images of each species with specific information about each species. The study area was divided into five sectors. A spreadsheet was prepared and all tree and shrub species were photographed. With this, a photographic collection was assembled where the isolated plant was registered, as well as its parts (bark, leaf, flower, fruit, and seed). A technical card was also prepared for each species, with respect to its scientific name, other popular names, its origin, size, occurrence, flowering period, and root system. Finally, the URL was created on the Campus' official website. A total of 1,129 shrubs and trees were catalogued, distributed among 92 species, 77 genera, and 30 botanical families. The neem tree (Azadirachta indica) was the species with the largest number of individuals (134), followed by the papoula (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) with 93, the faveleira (Cnidoscolus quercifolius) with 74, the craibeira (Tabebuia aurea) with 70, and the purple ipê (Handroanthus impetiginosus) with 51 individuals. The Fabaceae family had the largest number of individuals (27.90%) of the total number catalogued. Regarding the origin, 50 are native (54%) and 42 are exotic (46%). As for the fruit trees, 21 species were identified, especially tamarindo (Tamarindus indica) with 1.33% and Acerola (Malpighia emarginata) with 1.06% of the total number of individuals. Finally, the catalog is available on the CSTR website with information about the 92 plant species. This, provided the characterization of the species and showed how the landscaping of the CSTR is, by means of the information of the species present on the page "Plants of the Center", located on the CSTR website.