ABSTRACT
Carbon sequestration reveals the capacity of plants in fixation of carbon dioxide through leaves and stores them in plant biomass and wood, thereby reducing carbon load from atmosphere.
The present chapter makes a brief review of research undertaken globally with special reference to woody trees and shrubs in Northeastern Mexico. In this study, a few species with high carbon fixation/carbon content in leaves such as Leucophyllum frutescens, 49.97%; Forestiera angustifolia, 49.47%; Acacia berlandieri, 49.18%; Bumelia celastrina, 49.25%; and the species with moderately high carbon—Acacia rigidula, 48.23%; Acacia farnesiana, 46.17%; Gymnospermum glutinosum, 46.13%; Croton suaveolens, 45.17%; Sargenia greggii, 44.07%, and so on were selected. Few other species contained carbon ranging from 31% to 43%. It is recommended that these native plants could be transplanted in areas contaminated with high carbon load. The species with high carbon concentration are good 154sources of energy and growth of these species, besides sources of charcoal for the forest dwellers.
