Research Article
Woody Vegetation Composition, Structure, and Community Types of Doshke Forest in Chencha, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia
Table 10
The Importance Value Index (IVI) of woody plant species in Doshke forest.
| Species | Relative Density | Relative Frequency | Relative Dominance | I V I | IVI Rank |
| Syzygium gueneense | 23.29 | 6.49 | 58.224 | 88.01 | 1 | Ilex mitis | 4.30 | 5.71 | 12.310 | 22.32 | 2 | Galiniera saxiferaga | 12.34 | 6.36 | 3.591 | 22.29 | 3 | Maytenus undata | 11.51 | 6.17 | 0.317 | 17.99 | 4 | Apodytes dimidiata | 3.28 | 4.48 | 9.210 | 16.97 | 5 | Polyscias fulva | 1.57 | 3.70 | 4.428 | 9.70 | 6 | Lobelia giberroa | 4.90 | 4.61 | 0.033 | 9.54 | 7 | Maesa lanceolata | 3.84 | 4.81 | 0.555 | 9.20 | 8 | Pavetta oliveriana | 3.84 | 4.81 | 0.050 | 8.69 | 9 |
| Rubus apetalus | 3.79 | 4.61 | 0.252 | 8.65 | 10 | Discopodium penninervum | 3.47 | 4.03 | 0.028 | 7.52 | 11 | Embelia schimperi | 2.77 | 4.48 | 0.020 | 7.27 | 12 | Ekebergia capensis | 0.46 | 1.36 | 5.212 | 7.04 | 13 | Allophylus abyssinicus | 3.56 | 3.38 | 0.035 | 6.97 | 14 | Schefflera abyssinica | 0.97 | 2.14 | 2.921 | 6.03 | 15 | Bersama abyssinica | 2.59 | 3.25 | 0.031 | 5.87 | 16 | Dracaena afromontana | 2.22 | 2.92 | 0.077 | 5.22 | 17 | Ficus sur | 0.65 | 1.88 | 2.096 | 4.63 | 18 | Dombeya torrida | 1.25 | 2.79 | 0.055 | 4.09 | 19 | Olinia aequipetala | 0.83 | 2.34 | 0.013 | 3.18 | 20 | Schefflera myriantha | 0.83 | 2.01 | 0.235 | 3.08 | 21 | Triumfetta heterocarpa | 0.69 | 1.69 | 0.008 | 2.39 | 22 | Canthium oligocarpum | 0.69 | 1.69 | 0.005 | 2.39 | 23 | Macaranga capensis | 0.55 | 1.56 | 0.016 | 2.13 | 24 | Vernonia amygdalina | 0.60 | 1.36 | 0.011 | 1.98 | 25 | Acanthus eminens | 1.02 | 0.91 | 0.008 | 1.93 | 26 | Phytolacca dodecandra | 0.42 | 1.23 | 0.003 | 1.65 | 27 | Urera hypselodendron | 0.60 | 0.91 | 0.042 | 1.55 | 28 | Hagenia abyssinica | 0.32 | 0.91 | 0.143 | 1.38 | 29 | Vernonia myriantha | 0.37 | 0.91 | 0.003 | 1.28 | 30 | Lepidotrichilia volkensii | 0.37 | 0.91 | 0.002 | 1.28 | 31 | Euphorbia ampliphyla | 0.37 | 0.78 | 0.044 | 1.19 | 32 | Maytenus gracilipes | 0.28 | 0.78 | 0.002 | 1.06 | 33 | Croton macrostachyus | 0.32 | 0.65 | 0.005 | 0.98 | 34 | Erythrina brucei | 0.18 | 0.65 | 0.001 | 0.84 | 35 | Agarista salicifolia | 0.18 | 0.45 | 0.006 | 0.64 | 36 | Solanum incanum | 0.14 | 0.32 | 0.001 | 0.46 | 37 | Polysphaeria parvifolia | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.002 | 0.42 | 38 | Sesbania sesban | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.001 | 0.42 | 39 |
| Myrsine melanophloeos | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.001 | 0.42 | 40 | Asparagus africanus | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.001 | 0.42 | 41 | Pittosporum viridiflorum | 0.09 | 0.32 | 0.001 | 0.42 | 42 | Myrsine africana | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.001 | 0.22 | 43 | Hypericum revolutum | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.001 | 0.22 | 44 |
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