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Table 1 Average number of individuals of adult plants (extractable for preparing mescal) per vegetation type within the territory of SLA

From: Distribution, abundance and traditional management of Agave potatorumin the Tehuacán Valley, Mexico: bases for sustainable use of non-timber forest products

Vegetation type

Availability individuals/hectare

Scrubland of Euphorbia antisyphilitica

53

Cacti forest of Mitrocereus fulviceps

20

Rosetofilous scrubland of Dasylirion serratifolium

18

Cacti forest of Polaschia chichipe

15

Rosetofilous scrub (Chaparral)

8

Izotal of Beaucarnea purpusii

5

Gochnatia hypoleuca- Dasylirion scrub

5

Forest relict of Quercus sp.

0

AVERAGE

15.38