TROPICAL FORESTS OF THE CARDAMOM MOUNTAINS: SPECIES COMPOSITION AND VERTICAL STRUCTURE

Andrey Kuznetsov1,2
1 Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky 33, Moscow, Russia
2 Joint Russian – Vietnamese Tropical Scientific and Technological Center, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam

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 This paper presents the most complete characterization of primary forests on different land forms (lowland territories, mountain slopes and plateau) of the Cardamom Mountains (Phnom Samkos area) to date. Forest stands on lowland territories (plains), on gentle mountain slopes and on southern and central parts of the Samkos-Kmoach plateau (up to 1,000 m a.s.l.) are characterised by trees in the Dipterocarpaceae family: Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, D. obtusifolius, D. alatus, D. costatus and D. turbinatus, Hopea odorata, Shorea obtusa, and Schorea cf. roxburghii. Co-dominants on plains depending on edaphon include Irvingia malayana (Irvingiaceae), Terminalia mucronata (Combretaceae) or Corypha lecomtei (Arecaceae). On slopes, these include Tarrietia javanica (Sterculiaceae), while on the Samkos-Kmoach plateau, these include Schima wallichii (Theaceae) and Podocarpus imbricatus (Podocarpaceae). The composition of forests on the northern edge of the plateau includes mountain species such as Betula alnoides (Betulaceae), Sloanea cf. sinensis (Elaeocarpaceae), Kmeria duperreana (Magnoliaceae) and Rhododendron cf. moulmainense (Ericaceae). Herbs include Viola sp. (Violaceae) and ferns Angiopteris sp. (Marattiaceae) while epiphytes include Aglaomorpha coronans (Polypodiaceae) and Vaccinium cf. tonkinense (Ericaceae), semi-epiphyte’s include Sorbus granulosa (Rosaceae),  and  root parasites Sapria poilanea (Rafflesiaceae) and Balanophora sp. (Balanophoraceae). Tall forests exist on the mountain plateau (1,000 m a.s.l.). The occurrence of Dipterocarpus species varies with elevation, with D. alatus found up to 300 m a.s.l.), D. costatus between 200 - 600 m and D. turbinatus between 550 - 900 m.

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