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Ba Na Nature Reserve 1996<br />

Table 2. Composition of the different forest sites studied, in terms of tree families. Minor<br />

families (with %BA < 1 in at least one site) have been omitted.<br />

(%BA = Percentage of total basal area of trees in plot)<br />

FT1 FT2 FT3 FT4 FT5<br />

Family %BA No./pl<br />

ot<br />

%BA No./pl<br />

ot<br />

%BA No./pl<br />

ot<br />

%BA No./pl<br />

ot<br />

%BA No./pl<br />

ot<br />

Present at all<br />

sites<br />

Anacardiaceae 27.41 23 22.30 27 3.01 7 30.59 33 29.06 21<br />

Annonaceae 2.11 13 5.71 19 2.74 8 0.40 1 0.28 5<br />

Elaeocarpaceae 0.09 1 0.42 2 1.61 5 0.25 1 2.34 10<br />

Euphorbiaceae 11.99 57 6.99 40 1.47 3 2.97 17 9.12 51<br />

Fagaceae 17.42 23 1.74 5 28.17 35 3.93 19 7.27 18<br />

Lauraceae 4.31 14 1.65 3 9.74 28 1.47 13 2.18 2<br />

Myrtaceae 3.85 20 5.80 33 5.36 13 10.29 30 10.40 30<br />

Rubiaceae 2.56 12 0.40 2 0.98 3 3.31 10 2.17 6<br />

Sapindaceae 0.09 1 3.79 1 0.55 1 0.74 5 3.97 3<br />

Sapotaceae 0.33 2 6.07 9 15.34 11 2.01 2 2.91 7<br />

Sterculiaceae 3.75 3 1.31 6 0.28 2 0.98 8 0.89 5<br />

Symplocaceae 0.44 1 0.98 10 1.88 8 1.23 7 2.74 14<br />

Xanthophyllacea 7.33 25 1.82 10 1.39 3 0.03 1 1.36 10<br />

e<br />

Absent from high altitude site (FT3)<br />

only<br />

Burseraceae 0.45 4 0.06 1 - - 0.04 1 6.43 5<br />

Caesalpiniaceae 1.26 4 0.19 1 - - 0.58 1 1.20 1<br />

Clusiaceae 0.84 1 2.77 3 - - 2.55 6 0.99 5<br />

Dipterocarpacea 0.50 2 18.95 16 - - 0.16 1 2.81 27<br />

e<br />

Ebenaceae 2.49 9 2.78 8 - - 1.50 10 6.27 20<br />

Moraceae 0.37 2 0.32 2 - - 6.69 13 1.17 2<br />

Myristicaceae 1.52 5 1.45 11 - - 0.80 8 0.50 4<br />

Ulmaceae 0.64 4 0.29 3 - - 3.23 7 0.38 6<br />

Present in FT3 only<br />

Magnoliaceae - - - - 3.81 8 - - - -<br />

Podocarpaceae - - - - 2.59 2 - - - -<br />

Present in less disturbed transects (FT2, FT3 & FT5)<br />

only<br />

Apocynaceae - - 1.77 8 0.09 1 - - 0.04 1<br />

Others<br />

Araliaceae - - 0.12 1 1.06 4 0.66 4 - -<br />

Hypericaceae 1.03 7 - - - - 0.89 3 1.09 3<br />

Juglandaceae 4.36 13 0.14 1 0.65 3 5.34 16 - -<br />

Linaceae 0.99 3 - - 6.94 2 1.05 1 - -<br />

Mimosaceae 0.31 3 - - 3.44 6 - - - -<br />

Myrsinaceae - - - - 0.09 1 0.07 1 - -<br />

Rosaceae - - 1.52 5 1.41 7 0.20 2 0.04 1<br />

Rutaceae - - - - 0.77 3 5.55 2 2.42 2<br />

Theaceae - - - - 2.57 4 0.05 1 0.24 3<br />

Tiliaceae - - 10.02 22 - - 1.83 3 - -<br />

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