Floristic Composition and Diversity of Vascular Plants inRemnant Patches of Arsi-Bale Massif of Oromia RegionalState, Ethiopia

Table 7

Vascular plant species similarities between the present study area and other study areas in Ethiopia.

Areas	Richness	Altitude (m)	Study area	Authors
Study area (ABM)	382	2,318–3,382	1	Awoke et al., 2020
BMNP	230	3,010–3,410	0.375	[37]
BMF	157	1,300–3,000	0.223	[38]
CF	213	2,170–3,054	0.417	[24]
KARF	180	2,170–3,054	0.337	[39]
GDEMF	235	1,300–3,060	0.526	[21]
AF	162	1,700–2,370	0.155	[45]
AAMF	120	2,100–2,479	0.303	[46]

Note. ABM: Arsi-Bale Masssifs (present study area), BMNP: Bale Mountains National Park, BMF: Belete moist evergreen montane forest, CF: Chilimo forest, KARF: Komto Afromontane rain forest, GDEMF: Gedo dry evergreen montane forest, AF: Agama forest, and AAMF: Aba Asirat monastery forest.