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Researchers and students of the Agronomist and Architecture schools of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) have census and produced a guide to publicize the nearly 8,500 trees in the historic city center.
The results of this work can be consulted in the book 'Guide of the trees of the City of Cartagena', presented this morning in the garden Huerto de las Bolas the councilor of the Sustainable Development area, José López, and the director of the Line of Green Infrastructures of the Chair of Municipal Infrastructures City Council of Cartagena-UPCT, Encarna Conesa.
A project that serves to publicize the results of this branch of the Chair, funded by the Sustainable Development Area of ​​the City Council.
Dr. Encarna Conesa Gallego and Dr. Jesús Ochoa Rego have been in charge of directing this work in which UPCT students Ana López Teruel and Miriam Martínez Belchí have participated, to which the council member has thanked her work, a thank you Which has extended the director of the chair José Pérez García, also present, and the director general of infrastructure, Manuel Nicolás.
The book, which has 100 pages, is divided into two parts: the first refers to inventory data, techniques used for study and location, distribution and diversity;
The second includes the records of the 88 species of trees, grouped by botanical families, which citizens can contemplate as they pass through gardens, parks and streets.
The charts include the family of the species, its origin, leaf type, flower and fruit, location and importance in Cartagena, observations regarding it and its dimensions.
All this allows it to be a work of easy consultation.
The book explains some interesting facts such as the location of species that cause the most common allergies or those that are of aggressive roots.
Also included is a color diagram explaining the landscaping effect of the species throughout the year.
In total, 3.9 square kilometers have been sampled for this work, covering the historic area of ​​cartagena and part of the Ensanche.
The director of the publication explained that this work aims to raise awareness of the tree heritage of the city of Cartagena, "both from its technical points, and to be useful to citizens to approach the trees and learn to Coexist with them. "
Regarding the coexistence with the tree flora, Conesa has told as an anecdote that, during the work, many citizens came so close to commenting on how important it was to keep the tree as to request that it withdraw.
That is why they have observed that the tree is the element of gardening that arouses more love and more hatred among citizens.
He also wanted to emphasize in his intervention the benefits of trees in cities, which fight against pollution, prevent flooding and produce shade, so necessary in Mediterranean cities, among others.
He also stressed that "in spite of the widespread feeling that there is not enough green areas and vegetation among the people of Cartagena", a very large number of trees have been inventoried for the area in which they have been worked, of which more than 5,000 are in the 43 parks and gardens cataloged, and around 3,300 are in the 58 streets that have been sampled, within which there is a great diversity.
Among the curiosities, it is possible to emphasize that the cypress (Cupressus sempervirens) is the most abundant tree in parks and gardens, whereas the banana of shade (Platanus hispanica) is the one that predominates in the streets, nevertheless no species supposes more of a 20% of the total.
It also highlights the presence of Mediterranean species such as the algarrobo (Ceratonia siliqua), an indigenous tree traditionally used as a shade tree and now being cultivated.
Where more examples are in the Parque de la Rosa, Torres Park and Los Juncos Park.
The publication also includes a complete study of the Palmetum, the park located in Ronda de Ferrol, next to the UNED, where citizens can appreciate 78 palm trees belonging to 28 species of different origin from Brazil, California, Argentina, etc., with palm heart being the only Of Mediterranean origin.
The book can be consulted in the following link.
A WORK TO IMPROVE WOOD CARE
The Councilor for Sustainable Development has indicated that when this cataloging was done, from the City Council it was found that there were trees that had been pruned for 9 years.
As a consequence of this, some of the specimens had hollow branches that had lost their pulp that had caused the trees and branches to break due to the lack of treatment.
Thanks to this cataloging and the greater control that is done in all the landscaped areas of Cartagena and its streets, measures have been taken to prevent these problems.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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