Woody Vegetation Composition, Structure, and Community Types of Doshke Forest in Chencha, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia

Table 10

The Importance Value Index (IVI) of woody plant species in Doshke forest.

Species	Relative; Density	Relative; Frequency	Relative; Dominance	I V I	IVI; Rank
Syzygium gueneense	23.29	6.49	58.224	88.01	1
Ilex mitis	4.30	5.71	12.310	22.32	2
Galiniera saxiferaga	12.34	6.36	3.591	22.29	3
Maytenus undata	11.51	6.17	0.317	17.99	4
Apodytes dimidiata	3.28	4.48	9.210	16.97	5
Polyscias fulva	1.57	3.70	4.428	9.70	6
Lobelia giberroa	4.90	4.61	0.033	9.54	7
Maesa lanceolata	3.84	4.81	0.555	9.20	8
Pavetta oliveriana	3.84	4.81	0.050	8.69	9
Rubus apetalus	3.79	4.61	0.252	8.65	10
Discopodium penninervum	3.47	4.03	0.028	7.52	11
Embelia schimperi	2.77	4.48	0.020	7.27	12
Ekebergia capensis	0.46	1.36	5.212	7.04	13
Allophylus abyssinicus	3.56	3.38	0.035	6.97	14
Schefflera abyssinica	0.97	2.14	2.921	6.03	15
Bersama abyssinica	2.59	3.25	0.031	5.87	16
Dracaena afromontana	2.22	2.92	0.077	5.22	17
Ficus sur	0.65	1.88	2.096	4.63	18
Dombeya torrida	1.25	2.79	0.055	4.09	19
Olinia aequipetala	0.83	2.34	0.013	3.18	20
Schefflera myriantha	0.83	2.01	0.235	3.08	21
Triumfetta heterocarpa	0.69	1.69	0.008	2.39	22
Canthium oligocarpum	0.69	1.69	0.005	2.39	23
Macaranga capensis	0.55	1.56	0.016	2.13	24
Vernonia amygdalina	0.60	1.36	0.011	1.98	25
Acanthus eminens	1.02	0.91	0.008	1.93	26
Phytolacca dodecandra	0.42	1.23	0.003	1.65	27
Urera hypselodendron	0.60	0.91	0.042	1.55	28
Hagenia abyssinica	0.32	0.91	0.143	1.38	29
Vernonia myriantha	0.37	0.91	0.003	1.28	30
Lepidotrichilia volkensii	0.37	0.91	0.002	1.28	31
Euphorbia ampliphyla	0.37	0.78	0.044	1.19	32
Maytenus gracilipes	0.28	0.78	0.002	1.06	33
Croton macrostachyus	0.32	0.65	0.005	0.98	34
Erythrina brucei	0.18	0.65	0.001	0.84	35
Agarista salicifolia	0.18	0.45	0.006	0.64	36
Solanum incanum	0.14	0.32	0.001	0.46	37
Polysphaeria parvifolia	0.09	0.32	0.002	0.42	38
Sesbania sesban	0.09	0.32	0.001	0.42	39
Myrsine melanophloeos	0.09	0.32	0.001	0.42	40
Asparagus africanus	0.09	0.32	0.001	0.42	41
Pittosporum viridiflorum	0.09	0.32	0.001	0.42	42
Myrsine africana	0.09	0.13	0.001	0.22	43
Hypericum revolutum	0.09	0.13	0.001	0.22	44