Frontier Tanzania Savanna Research Programme

Table 3.1. Plant species, type and relative abundance from vegetation plots in Nambiga ForestReserve. Relative abundance was calculated as the percentage of total plots in which each species wasrecorded. All species descriptions are after Palgrave (1983) and Beentje (1992).Relative abundance scaleabsentλ < 5 %λλ 6 to 20 %λλλ 21 to 50 %λλλλλ > 51 %Plant species Plant type Vegetation plots Regeneration plotsAcacia polyacantha large tree λ λAfzelia quanzensis medium / large tree λAlbizia versicolor small / medium tree λAlbizia petersiana large tree λλAlchornea hirtella shrub λAlchornea laxifora shrub / small tree λ λλλλλAllophyllus africanus shrub λ λAnnona senegalensis shrub / small tree λλ λAntiaris toxicaria large tree λλ λBlighia unijugata medium / large tree λλ λBrachystegia spiciformis medium / large tree λλ λλBridelia catharticaλBridelia micrantha small / medium tree λCassipourea malosana small / medium tree λλ λλCassipourea stuhlmani λ λCatunaregum spinosa shrub / small tree λ λCombretum apiculatum small / medium tree λCombretum molle small / medium tree λλ λλCordia africana small / medium tree λλ λCrosopteryx febrifuga shrub / small tree λλ λDalbergia melanoxylon small tree λDalbergia nitidula shrub λDalbergia obovata climber / small tree λλDeinbolia borbonica shrub / small tree λλ λλDialium holtzii small / medium tree λλDichapetalum stuhlmanii shrub / small tree λλλ λλλλλDichrostachys cinerea shrub / small tree λ λDiospyros mespiliformis medium tree λλ λλDiospyros usambarensis shrub / small tree λ λDiospyros zombensis shrub / small tree λλ λλDiplorynchus mombansens λ λ15