The Status of Ethnobotanical Knowledge of Medicinal Plants and the Impacts of Resettlement in Delanta, Northwestern Wello, Northern Ethiopia

Table 11

Plant community types and characteristic plant species.

Number	Plant community type and elevation	Characteristic species	Taxa known to be endemic or near endemic to Ethiopia	Spp.
I	Becium grandiflorum and Rumex nervosus (2502 and 2738 m); ASHA (restored vegetation)	B. grandiflorum^+, R. nervosus	B. grandiflorum^++, Laggera tomentosa^++	35
II	Riverine vegetation (altitude varies); WENZ DAR	Ehretia cymosa, Cordia africana, and Ficus spp.	Urtica simensis^+, Impatiens rothii^++	5
III	Otostegia integrifolia and Dodonaea angustifolia (1802–2500 m); QUTQUATO (shrub)	O. integrifolia, D. angustifolia	Vernonia leopoldii^+	32
IV	Farmland and monastery plant community type (altitude varies); YERSHAGOT and GEDAM	Olea europaea ssp. cuspidata, Juniperusprocera,	Erucastrum abyssinicum^++, Rhus glutinosa ssp. neoglutinosa^+	20
V	Homegarden plant community type (altitude varies); YEGUARO ATIKLT	Rhamnus prinoides, Calpurnia aurea, and Hagenia abyssinica	Aloe pulcherrima^+, Solanecio gigas^+	24
VI	Conyza hypoleuca and Clutia abyssinica dominated community type (2814–3253 m); MUSH (bush)	C. hypoleuca, C. abyssinica	Inula confertiflora^+, Solanum marginatum^++, Otostegia tomentosa ssp. steudneri^+, Lippia adoensis^++, and Kalanchoe petitiana^++	9
VII	Eucalyptus plantation dominated community type (3200–3253 m); DEN/KILKIL (jungle)	E. globulus, E. camaldulensis, and Carduus schimperi	Thymus schimperi^++	4
VIII	Lobelia rhynchopetalum and Euryops pinifolius dominated community type (3539–3702 m); CHEKA (forest)	L. rhynchopetalum^+, E. pinifolius^+	L. rhynchopetalum^+, E. pinifolius^+, Sedum mooneyi^+, and Primula verticillata ssp. simensis^++	4
	Total			133

⁺Taxa which are endemic to Ethiopia while ⁺⁺near endemic taxa are those shared with Eritrea.