Woody Species Diversity, Composition, and Regeneration Status of Abbo Sacred Forest, Southern Ethiopia

Table 3

Importance value index (IVI) of trees and shrubs in Abbo Sacred Forest.

Species	Relative density (RD)	Relative frequency (RF)	Relative dominance (RDO)	IVI
Syzygium guineense ssp. afromontanum (Willd.) DC.	4.62	5.46	24.27	34.35
Croton macrostachyus Del.	16.54	8.86	3.67	29.07
Brucea antidysentrica J.F. Mill.	14.97	8.45	2.53	25.95
Maytenus arbutifolia (A. Rich.) Wilczek.	12.78	6.77	2.74	22.30
Pouteria adolfi-friederici (Engl.) Baehni	0.64	2.26	15.41	18.31
Vernonia auriculifera Hiern.	7.21	4.52	0.50	12.23
Ocotea kenyensis (Chiov.) Robyns and Wilczek.	0.38	3.71	5.40	9.49
Ritchiea albersi Gilg.	4.00	4.29	0.78	9.07
Leucas stachydiformis (Hochst. ex Benth.) Briq.	3.96	4.58	0.49	9.03
Calpurnia aurea (Alt.) Benth.	4.57	2.85	0.47	7.89
Maytenus addat (Loes.) Sebsebe	4.06	2.34	1.45	7.85
Ekebergia capensis Sparrm.	0.72	2.31	4.54	7.57
Bersama abyssinica Fresen.	0.51	5.47	1.45	7.42
Ephorbia abyssinica Gmel.	3.45	2.68	0.70	6.83
Albizia schimperiana Oliv.	0.54	0.32	5.65	6.51
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.	2.60	3.13	0.70	6.43
Milletia ferruginea (Hochst.) Bak.	1.81	1.03	3.27	6.10
Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) Irwin and Barneby.	3.16	2.58	0.24	5.98
Olea capensis L.	0.76	0.10	4.27	5.13
Grewia ferruginea Hochst. ex A. Rich.	2.70	1.93	0.27	4.89
Hygenia abyssinica (Brace) J.F. Gmel.	0.86	1.65	1.87	4.37
Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkm.	0.51	1.34	1.90	3.74
Itex mitis (L.) Radlk.	0.60	0.51	2.05	3.16
Other species	8.06	22.86	15.38	46.30
Total	100.00	100.00	100.00