Plant Community Composition and Structural Pattern Dynamics in Robe-Raya Natural Forest, Southeast Ethiopia

Table 9

Tree and selected shrub species categories for conservation priorities.

Category I	Category II		Category III
Vachellia tortilis	Vachellia abyssinica	Clematis hirsuta	Buddleja polystachya	Lippia abyssinica
Olea capensis	Albizia schimperana	Canthium oligocarpum	Calpurnia aurea
Maesa lanceolata	Asparagus africanus	Carduus leptecathus	Carissa spinarum	Myrsine africana
	Asparagus setaceus	Carduus nyassanus	Coffee arabica	Myrsine melanophloeos
	Bersama abyssinica	Cissampelos pareira	Discopodium eremanthum	Gymnosporia arbutifolia
	Boscia angustifolia	Clutia abyssinica	Discopodium penninervium	Olea europea subsp.cuspidata
	Buddleja davidii	Conyza spinosa	Dodonaea viscose subsp. angustifolia	Podocarpus falcatus
	Combretum adenogonium	Crassula alba	Ekebergia capensis	Premna schimperi
	Dombeya torrida	Crotalaria agatiflora	Galineria saxifraga	Prunus africana
	Dovyalis abyssinica	Diospyros abyssinica	Hagenia abyssinica	Rhamnus staddo
	Draceana afromontana	Echinops ellenbeckii	Hypericum revolutum	Searsia pyroides
	Dracaena steudneri	Echinops longisetus	Juniperus procera	Rubus apetalus
	Vepris nobilis	Ehretia abyssinica	Rubus steudneri	Zizphus abyssinica