Valor cultural de los recursos forestales no maderables en comunidades zapotecas de la Sierra Juárez de Oaxaca

Abstract

indices were estimated. The cultural importance of each species was estimated using the values of the first principal component as an indicator. There were 122 species in Capulálpam de Mendez and 128 in Santa María Jaltianguis that provide non-timber forest resources NTFR, with 166 species in total classified in 66 botanical families and 84 species shared between both communities. In the first village, the plant of greater cultural importance was Clinopodium macrostemum , for the second village the most important plant was Prunus serotina . The species of lower value were Calendula officinalis, Erythrina americana, No identificada 2 , Piper auritum, Portulaca sp . and Rosmarinus officinalis for the first village, and Aloysia sp. and Datura stramonium for the second. The results demonstrated the diversity of useful wild plants and their cultural value in two rural communities.