Research Article
Plant Community Composition and Structural Pattern Dynamics in Robe-Raya Natural Forest, Southeast Ethiopia
Table 3
Species with a synoptic value ≥ 0.5 in at least one of the clusters.
| Species | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 |
| Podocarpus falcatus | 3.29 | 1.79 | 2.58 | 2.52 | Hypericum revolutum | 3 | 0.29 | 0.83 | 1.15 | Myrsine melanophloeos | 1.43 | 1.79 | 2 | 1.22 | Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata | 0 | 1.71 | 1.42 | 0.74 | Juniperus procera | 2.43 | 3.14 | 5.42 | 4.11 | Astropanax volkensii | 0.57 | 0 | 1.58 | 0.15 | Rubus apetalus | 0 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 4.93 | Astropanax abyssinicum | 1.57 | 0.57 | 0.08 | 0.7 | Nuxia congesta | 1.57 | 0 | 0 | 0.59 | Gymnosporia arbutifolia | 1.43 | 1.5 | 0.33 | 0.48 | Asparagus africanus | 1.43 | 0.07 | 0.17 | 0.07 | Vernonia auriculifera | 1.14 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.93 | Discopodium penninervium | 1 | 0.14 | 0.58 | 0.15 | Coffea arabica | 0.57 | 0.43 | 0.5 | 0.59 | Discopodium eremanthum | 0.57 | 0.36 | 0.33 | 0.56 | Combretum adenogonium | 0.57 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.15 | Dovyalis abyssinica | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | Ehretia cymosa | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 0.15 | Galeria taxifolia | 0.43 | 1.29 | 0.08 | 0.37 | Toddalia asiatica | 0.43 | 1.14 | 0.83 | 0.7 | Osyris lanceolata | 0.43 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 1.11 | Hagenia abyssinica | 0.29 | 1.5 | 0.83 | 0.7 | Premna schimperi | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0 | 0.78 | Calpurnia aurea | 0.29 | 0.29 | 0.08 | 0.37 | Buddleja polystachya | 0.29 | 0.14 | 1.08 | 0.7 | Vangueria apiculata | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0.58 | 0.19 | Echinops longisetus | 0.29 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.22 | Spiniluma oxyacantha | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.75 | 0.44 | Carissa spiranum | 0 | 1.36 | 0.25 | 0.56 | Asparagus setaceus | 0 | 1 | 0.83 | 0.26 | Dombeya torrida | 0 | 0.29 | 0.5 | 0.15 | Rhamnus prinoides | 0 | 0.14 | 0.5 | 0.48 | Inula confertiflora | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.11 |
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Values in bold refer to dominant species used to name each community.
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