Floristic inventory of bioindicators to assess soil quality in Gobala (Poro region of Cote d’Ivoire)

This work assessed some bioindicators of soil quality along toposequences in Gobala (Poro Region of Cote d’Ivoire). Plant communities have been assessed in four steps (i) use plant inventories to document abundance of plants according to index by assigning a numeric score from +, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively corresponding to an average recovery of 0%, 5%, 17.5%, 37.5% 62.5% and 85% (ii) identification of the plant species of scale (iii) distribution of different groups by significantly stands by multivariate analysis (iv) research indicator species based on behavioral indicators depending and nutrient availability. Lower slopes were characterized by 3 perennial grasses plants (Aframomum alboviolaceum, Andropogon africanus, Hyparrhenia subplumosa) and 5 woody plants (Hymenocardia heudelotii, Pseudocedrela kotschii, Pterocarpus santalinoides, Vernonia ambigua and Xylopia parviflora). Lower slopes had highest S/T and lowest C/N values of selected soil quality indicators. At middle slopes, 3 perennial herbaceous plants: Pericopsis laxiflora, Chromolaena odorata and Hyptis suaveolens, were indicated highest C/N (8.8) values of selected poor soil quality. At the upper slopes, Terminalia glaucescens indicated sandy soils (77.4%) of selected poor soil quality. Five species: Daniellia oliveri, Andropogon canaliculatus, Crossopteryx febrifuga, Hyparrhenia Rufa and Lippia multiflora, were far from demanding, because they can be found on various types of pedons and in different ecosystems. Further studies should help to refine the various stages of this methodology, including research indicator taxa by IndVal index.