Plant community structure of the coastal vegetation of peninsular Thailand

Authors

  • Chukiat Laongpol Herbarium (PSU), Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum & Centre for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand (CBiPT), Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, HatYai, Songkhla, Thailand 90112.
  • Kunio Suzuki Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501 Japan.
  • Klaus Katzensteiner Instititute of Forest Ecology, Department of Forest and soil Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Peter Jordanstr. 82, A-1190 Vienna, Austria.
  • Kitichate Sridith Herbarium (PSU), Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum & Centre for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand (CBiPT), Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, HatYai, Songkhla, Thailand 90112.

Keywords:

Peninsular Thailand, Plant community, Sandy coast, Sandbars

Abstract

Vegetation study on the natural vegetation along the sandy coasts of peninsular Thailand was conducted from October 2006 to May 2008. Thirteen sites along the sandy coast were selected as representatives of each subtype. The coastal vegetation on the sandy ground can be divided into two groups: I. sandbar vegetation due to the sedimentation from sea current comprising three categories: 1) dune grassland 2) dune scrub and 3) dune woodland communities. II. sandbar vegetation due to strong wind. Only one site of the latter type in the northernmost part of the peninsula is recognized, comprising two categories: 1) dune grassland and 2) dune scrub communities. The profi les of the actual and natural vegetation on the sandbars and dunes along the sandy
coast are proposed.

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Laongpol, C., Suzuki, K., Katzensteiner, K., & Sridith, K. (2014). Plant community structure of the coastal vegetation of peninsular Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany), (37), 106–133. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiForestBulletin/article/view/24362

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