Floristic Diversity and Evaluation of the Potential of Spontaneous Medicinal Plants in the Bigoudine Watershed (Moroccan Western High Atlas)

The Bigoudine watershed (Western High Atlas) enjoys a floristic originality and large number of plant species therapeutic aromatic interest widely used by the local population in traditional medicine. This region is subject to very difficult geographical conditions occupied poor with fairly high rate illiteracy. Ethnobotanical surveys phytoecological carried out two periods, first 2003–2004 second 2016–2018, made it possible identify spontaneous medicinal flora assess potential plants region. assessment biomass on three among most area, Thymus pallidus Coss. ex Batt, Lavandula dentata L., Salvia lavandulifolia Vahl. results obtained catalog 57 divided into 44 genera 26 families, dominant which are Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Asparagaceae, Cistaceae, Cupressaceae, Fabaceae, Oleaceae. location these has been identified, formations concerned have delimited. estimated varies according species, types formations, their structures, biological states. wealth, within studied, exposed severe socioeconomic conditions, main causes non-respectful exploitation natural resources threatening balance sustainable regeneration. Medicinal require adapted measures allowing rational development certain potentially exploitable conservation heavily threatened species.