Aliso (Alnus acuminata)

Descripción

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIES

Alnus acuminata is an arboreal species that can reach up to 30 meters in height. It has a straight grayish stem in which you can see small yellow dots called "lenticels", its leaves are dark green with a serrated margin and a quite characteristic venation of the species since it is so marked and moves to the leaf margin. The flowers are small, between green and yellowish, the fruits are brown cones.

ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE

The Alisos are considered pioneer species since they develop well in disturbed spaces and prepare the soil for other species that in the future will settle in the area, thanks to their symbiotic relationship with the Mycorrhizae, which are fungi that live in the soil. and absorb sugars from the root of the plant in exchange for delivering nutrients such as phosphorus and nitrogen.(CONABIO, 2021).

ASSOCIATED FAUNA IN THE AREA

(Pinchaflor ferrugíneo, Diglossa sittoides

Several studies have confirmed that the Aliso is quite visited by fauna (birds, insects, etc.), however, in Cundinamarca it is regularly frequented by a bird called Diglossa sittoide, commonly known as Cinnamon Picaflor , due to the fact that, being this bird a melliferous species, it feeds on the nectar that it finds in the flowers in this case of the Aliso (Ramírez, Gómez, Varón, & Villa, 2014).

CIBERGRAFIA

CONABIO. (16 de 11 de 2021). Alnus acuminata. Obtenido de http://www.conabio.gob.mx/conocimiento/info_especies/arboles/doctos/9-betul1m.pdf

Ramírez, L., Gómez, D., Varón, J., & Villa, G. (2014). RIQUEZA Y ABUNDANCIA DE AVES FRUGÍVORAS Y NECTARÍVORAS EN UNA PLANTACIÓN DE ALISO (Alnus acuminata) Y UN BOSQUE SECUNDARIO EN LOS ANDES CENTRALES DE COLOMBIA*. SCIELO, 67-77.