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

Table 3

Species with a synoptic value ≥ 0.5 in at least one of the clusters.

Species	Cluster 1	Cluster 2	Cluster 3	Cluster 4
Podocarpus falcatus	3.29	1.79	2.58	2.52
Hypericum revolutum	3	0.29	0.83	1.15
Myrsine melanophloeos	1.43	1.79	2	1.22
Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata	0	1.71	1.42	0.74
Juniperus procera	2.43	3.14	5.42	4.11
Astropanax volkensii	0.57	0	1.58	0.15
Rubus apetalus	0	0.21	0.17	4.93
Astropanax abyssinicum	1.57	0.57	0.08	0.7
Nuxia congesta	1.57	0	0	0.59
Gymnosporia arbutifolia	1.43	1.5	0.33	0.48
Asparagus africanus	1.43	0.07	0.17	0.07
Vernonia auriculifera	1.14	0.5	0.25	0.93
Discopodium penninervium	1	0.14	0.58	0.15
Coffea arabica	0.57	0.43	0.5	0.59
Discopodium eremanthum	0.57	0.36	0.33	0.56
Combretum adenogonium	0.57	0	0.17	0.15
Dovyalis abyssinica	0.57	0	0	0.3
Ehretia cymosa	0.57	0	0	0.15
Galeria taxifolia	0.43	1.29	0.08	0.37
Toddalia asiatica	0.43	1.14	0.83	0.7
Osyris lanceolata	0.43	0.79	0.83	1.11
Hagenia abyssinica	0.29	1.5	0.83	0.7
Premna schimperi	0.29	0.43	0	0.78
Calpurnia aurea	0.29	0.29	0.08	0.37
Buddleja polystachya	0.29	0.14	1.08	0.7
Vangueria apiculata	0.29	0.07	0.58	0.19
Echinops longisetus	0.29	0	0.5	0.22
Spiniluma oxyacantha	0.14	0.14	0.75	0.44
Carissa spiranum	0	1.36	0.25	0.56
Asparagus setaceus	0	1	0.83	0.26
Dombeya torrida	0	0.29	0.5	0.15
Rhamnus prinoides	0	0.14	0.5	0.48
Inula confertiflora	0	0	0.5	0.11

Values in bold refer to dominant species used to name each community.