Belal Alsayed 1*

1Latakia City Council, Latakia, Syria.

Received: 4/ 04/ 2025                 Accepted: 7/ 09/ 2025

Abstract: 

The study was conducted in three locations with watercourses in Latakia Governorate, which are in Western Siqa, in the crystallization of the Zuiba River in Dawir, Baabda-Jableh, and Wadi Beit Ana in Jableh, in the year 2023, with the aim of studying plant diversity on some water banks in the coastal region. The results of the research showed that the site of Wadi Beit Anah (Jableh) was the richest in plant species, as the number of species in it reached 31 species, while the number of plant species in the site of Western Siqa (Blouran) reached 22 species, while the Dwair site in Baabda – Zuwayba River was the least of the sites. The research results showed that the average specific richness according to the Shannon coefficient in the Wadi Beit Ana site was 2.89 bytes, in the Western Siqa site was 2.52 bytes, and in the Dwair Baabda-Zuwaiba site was 2.39 bytes. The results also showed Research shows that the similarity percentage according to Jaccard’s evidence is 7.35%.

Keywords: plant biodiversity, species richness, banks of waterways, riparian vegetation, Latakia.

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