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Table-4. Ten dominant weed species recorded in site C
Frequency% Basal
Plant species
Density
IVI
m -2 cover
Chromolaena odorata (L.) 3.0 78 1.5 17.2
King & Robinson
Tridax procumbens L. 2.9 72 1.5 16.3
Amaranthus spinosus L. 2.6 64 0.6 13.8
Aspilia Africana (P.Beauv. 2.0 50 1.1 11.9
C.D.Adams var. minor
Talinium triangulare L. 2.3 58 0.5 6.5
Ageratum conyzoides L. 1.4 3.4 0.5 6.5
Boerhavia diffusa L. 1.0 22 1.3 4.2
Centrosema pubescens 0.4 10 2.0 3.2
Benth.
Desmodium salcifonium 0.6 6 0.8 2.1
(Poiret)DC
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