Abstract

VILLARREAL Q., José Á.; CARRANZA P., Miguel Á.; ESTRADA C., Eduardo  and  RODRIGUEZ G., Andrés. Riparian flora of the rivers Sabinas and San Rodrigo, Coahuila, Mexico. Act. Bot. Mex [online]. 2006, n.75, pp.1-20. ISSN 2448-7589.

A floristic study of the riparian vegetation in the rivers Sabinas and San Rodrigo of northern Coahuila, Mexico, is presented. The area was explored and the botanical material herborized and deposited at the ANSM herbarium. A total of 70 families, 193 genera and 243 species were found. The trees in the flora are 9% of all the species, the shrubs 11%, the vines 6%, the aquatic and subaquatic herbs 21.4% and the terrestrial herbs 52.6%.

Keywords : Coahuila; Mexico; riparian flora; vegetation.