Review on Selected Church Forests of Ethiopia: Implication for Plant Species Conservation and Climate Change Mitigation

Table 2

Summarized studies on the dominant family categorization of the studied Church forests in Ethiopia.

No	Family name	Church forest locations	Source
1	Fabaceae	Yemrehane Kirstos Church Forest, North Ethiopia; Sesa Mariaym Monastery Northwestern Ethiopia, Debre Libanos Monastery Forest, Mahbere Sellassie Monastery Forest, Northwestern Ethiopia; Gatira George’s Forest, Northern Ethiopia; Selected Church Forests in Central Ethiopia, Aba Asrat Monastery Forest, Northwestern Ethiopia	[33–36, 38, 45, 46]
2	Lamiaceae	Mahbere Sellassie Monastery Forest, Northwestern Ethiopia, Aba Asrat Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia	[34, 36]
3	Asteraceae	Aba Asrat Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia	[36]
4	Myrtaceae,	Sesa Mariam Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia; Selected Churches in Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia	[38, 47]
5	Cupressaceae	Yemrehane Kirstos Church Forest, North Ethiopia; Selected Churches in Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia, Selected Church Forests in Central Ethiopia, Church Forests along Church age gradient in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	[33, 38, 48, 49]
6	Oleaceae	Gatira George’s Forest, Northern Ethiopia; Church Forests along Church age gradient in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; selected Churches in Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia	[34, 38, 48]
7	Euphorbiaceae	Sesa Mariaym Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia; Gatira George’s Forest, Northern Ethiopia; selected Church Forests in Central Ethiopia	[34, 38, 46]
8	Boraginaceae	Gatira George’s Forest, Northern Ethiopia; selected Church forests in Central Ethiopia	[34]
9	Myrsinaceae	Selected Church forests in Central Ethiopia; Aba Asrat Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia	[36, 37]