Vascular Epiphytes in Doshke and Kurpaye: A Comparative Study, Gamo Gofa, Ethiopia

Table 5

Lists of vascular epiphytes species distributed in different zones of the phorophytes in Doshke forest.

	Species name	Zone of phorophyte
		Base	Trunk	Canopy
1	Achyranthes aspera	+	−	−
2	Asplenium cf. bugoiense	+	+	−
3	Asplenium smedsii	+	+	+
4	Asplenium theciferum	+	+	−
5	Bersama abyssinica	+	−	−
6	Canarina eminii	−	+	+
7	Coniogramme africana	−	+	+
8	Diaphananthe schimperiana	−	+	+
9	Dorstenia barnimiana	−	+	+
10	Drynaria volkensii	−	+	+
11	Elaphoglossum lostii	+	+	+
12	Eulophia petersii	−	−	+
13	Huperzia ophioglossoides	−	−	+
14	Impatiens tinctoria	+	−	−
15	Liparis deistelii	−	+	+
16	Peperomia abyssinica	+	+	+
17	Polystachya caduca	−	−	+
18	Pycnostachys meyeri	+	+	−
19	Schefflera myriantha	−	+	+
20	Stolzia repens	−	−	+
21	Urera hypselodendron	+	+	+
22	Vittaria volkensii	−	−	+
		10	14	16

Base = ground to diameter at breast height (DBH), trunk = DBH to the first branch, and Canopy = first branch to the tip of the tree.