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Species Diversity and Tree Regeneration Patterns in Tropical Forests of the Western Ghats, India Table 1 Dominant trees (first three) and their densities (trees ha
−1 ) in three different growth phases of six vegetation types. International (UNESCO) and regional (Champion and Seth, 1968*) terminology of vegetation types used. See “regeneration” in Section
2 for procedure used to distinguish dominant species.
Vegetation types Dominant species Density of tree phases UNESCO Champion and Seth (1968) Mature Saplings Seedlings Tropical broad-leaved drought deciduous forests Southern tropical moist deciduous forests Xylia xylocarpa 25.9 23 3166 Terminalia paniculata 22.8 5.2 333 Lagerstroemia microcarpa 15.6 1.2 — Wrightia tinctoria 10.8 8.6 166 Holarrhena pubescens — 2.5 4833 Bridelia airy-shawii 0.3 0.2 4666 Radermachera xylocarpa 1.3 1 3500 Tropical lowland broad-leaved semideciduous seasonal forests West coast tropical semievergreen forests Pterygota alata 49 81.5 245 Reinwardtiodendron anamalaiense 30 85 3845 Strombosia zeylanica 16 8.5 456 Palaquium ellipticum 14 9.6 240 Xylia xylocarpa 19 12 96 Calophyllum polyanthum 3.6 5.5 453 Tropical lowland broad-leaved seasonal evergreen forests West coast tropical evergreen forests Palaquium ellipticum 93 38 4136 Agrostistachys borneensis 71 69 223 Myristica beddomei 39 27 573 Reinwardtiodendron anamalaiense 28 56 1636 Calophyllum polyanthum 4 1.5 1042 Tropical broad-leaved drought deciduous woodlands Subtropical hill savannahs Wendlandia thyrsiflora 17 36 356 Phyllanthus emblica 3.2 — — Glochidion ellipticum 2.3 2.4 — Gnidia glauca 2.38 18 160 Macaranga peltata 1.59 4 — Erythrina stricta 0.8 1.6 80 Tropical broad-leaved evergreen/submontane forests (SUBM) Southern subtropical broad-leaved hill forests Myristica beddomei 88 0.5 765 Palaquium ellipticum 55 15 298 Litsea stocksii 32 35 456 Litsea floribunda 4 5 371 Tropical broad-leaved evergreen/montane forests Southern montane wet temperate forests Turpinia cochinchinensis 116 46 1855 Rhododendron arboreum 102 34 206 Symplocos obtusa 64 33 386 Rhodomyrtus tomentosa 26 44 234 Syzygium calophyllifolium 77 20 868 Litsea floribunda 30 7 870
Champion, H. G. and Seth, S. K. 1968. A revised survey of the forest types of India . Oxford, UK and IBH Publications, New Delhi, India.
