Carbon Stock and Soil Characteristics under Expansive Shrubs in the Dry Afromontane Forest in Northern Ethiopia

Table 1

Carbon stock’s potential of the top three dominant plant species in both invaded and uninvaded vegetation conditions.

Vegetation conditions	Dominant plant species		AGB/ha	AGBC	BGBC	TBCS
	Scientific name	Family
Invaded	Cadia purpurea Ait.	Fabaceae	2.71	1.36	0.35	1.71
	Tarchonanthus camphorantus	Asteraceae	1.70	0.85	0.22	1.07
	Vachellia etbaica (Schweinf.)	Fabaceae	0.55	0.27	0.07	0.34
Uninvaded	Olea europaea L. subsp. Cuspidata	Oleaceae	14.64	7.32	1.9	9.22
	Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endl.	Cupressaceae	12.27	6.13	1.59	7.72
	Dodonaea angustifolia	Sapindaceae	0.76	0.38	0.10	0.48

AGB = above-ground biomass; AGBC = above-ground biomass carbon stock; BGBC = below-ground biomass carbon stock; TBCS = total biomass carbon stock.