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

Table 4

Summarized studies on the conservation role of threatened plant species in some Church forests in Ethiopia.

No	Scientific name	Family name	Local name	Location	Source
1	Juniperus procera	Cupressaceae	Yehabesha tsid	Yemrehane Kirstos Church Forest, North Ethiopia, Sesa Mariam Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia	[22, 46]
2	Hagenea abyssinica	Rosaceae	Kosso	Yemrehane Kirstos Church Forest, North Ethiopia	[22, 37, 51]
3	Podocarpus falcatus	Podocarpaceae	Zigba	Yemrehane Kirstos Church forest, North Ethiopia; Sesa Mariam Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia	[22, 46]
4	Prunus Africana	Rosaceae	Tiqur inchet	Sesa Mariam Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia; Shello Giorgis, Northern Ethiopia	[46, 52]
5	Olea europaea. ssp. cuspidate	Oleaceae	Weira	Yemrehane Kirstos Church Forest, North Ethiopia; Church Forests along Church age gradient in Addis Ababa Ethiopia; Debra-Libanos Monastery Forest patch of North Oromia Region, Central Ethiopia	[22, 50, 54]
6	Celtis Africana	Ulmaceae	Qawt	Sesa Mariam Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia	[46]
7	Pinus radiata	Pinaceae	Pinus	Selected Church Forests in Central Ethiopia	[38]
8	Cupressus lusitanica	Cupressaceae	Yeferige tsid	Selected Church Forests in Central Ethiopia	[38]
9	Millettia ferruginea	Fabaceae	Birbira	Aba Asrat Monastery, Northwestern Ethiopia	[36]