Floristic Composition And Diversity Of Herbaceous Flowering Plants In Menagesha Suba State Forest Oromia Region Ethiopia

The current study was conducted on the dry evergreen montane forest known asrnMenagesha Suba State Forest, which is situated 30 km away in the south west of Addis Ababarnin Oromia National Regional State. The study mainly focuses on the assessment of the diversityrnof herbaceous flowering plants in the Forest under study. Seventy five quadrats/plots of 20 m xrn20 m (400 m2) were laid down along the transect line and the required vegetation data wererncollected and analyzed. A total of 128 species representing 102 genera and 44 families ofrnherbaceous flowering plants were recorded from the Forest. Asteraceae is the highest inrnspecies diversity and richness (24%) followed by Poaceae (8.6%) and Apiaceae (4.7%)rnrespectively. Of the 128 species of herbaceous flowering plants about 14 (11%) are endemic tornEthiopia of which four of them are threatened as vulnerable and endangered. Vegetationrnclassification was done with PC-ORD computer software package which produced five plantrncommunities.rnKey words/Phrases: Herbaceous Flowering Plant, Menagesha Suba State Forest, diversity

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