WOODY SPECIES DIVERSITY, RICHNESS AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF ENCLOSED AREAS, NORTH GONDAR, ETHIOPIA

AMBACHEW GETNET, BIAZEN ENDALAMA, GETNET KENDIE AND TESFAY SISAY

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WOODY SPECIES DIVERSITY, RICHNESS AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF ENCLOSED AREAS, NORTH GONDAR, ETHIOPIA

           

Ambachew Getnet1, Biazen Endalama2, Getnet Kendie3 and Tesfay Sisay3

Bahir Dar Environment and Forest Research Center, Bahir Dar

P.O.BOX:2128

Email: ambachew1984@gmail.com

Phone: +251940645069

1 Bahir Dar Environment and Forest Research Center, Bahir Dar

2 Adet Agricultural Research Center, Adet

3 Gondar Agricultural Research Center, Gondar

 

A R T I C L E  I N F O

Article Type: Research

Received: 17, Sep. 2018.

Accepted: 09, Dec. 2018.

Published: 09, Nov. 2018.

 

 

 A B S T R A C T

This study investigated the species diversity, richness and vegetation structure analysis of Wogello natural forest. For Vegetation data collection, systematic sampling designs were used. A total of 42 quadrants/plots were taken. The result indicated that a total of 20 woody species belongs to 12 families were identified. Based on families, Fabaceae was the dominant family by consists of four species (20%), followed by Apocynaceae two (10%), Oleaceae two (10%) and the rest families share 60% from a total family of the study area. The total basal area was 28.97.3 m2 ha-1. Number of individuals with (DBH) ≥ 2.5cm and height ≥ 2 m were 1022 trees ha-1 and for the regeneration it was (6093 individuals ha-1). The overall diameter and height frequency distribution of woody species showed an inverse J- shape. The population structure of the study area was determined by selecting five species based on their Importance Value Index (IVI). The result indicated that three population structure distribution. Inverse J-shaped, Bell shaped and Broken inversed J-shaped
Keywords:

Woody species; diversity; population structure; basal area; Importance value index; Regeneration

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