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Table 2 Abundance (Individuals ha−1) of top 10 species of seedlings, saplings, and trees

From: Effect of forest fire on tree diversity and regeneration potential in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Western Ghats, India

Seedlings

S.N.

Species name

Family

SB0

SB2

SB5

SB15

1

Anogeissus latifolia (DC.) Wall. ex Guill & Perr.

Combretaceae

270

370

330

470

2

Randia dumetorum (Retz.) Poir

Rubiaceae

170

330

270

330

3

Tectona grandis L.f.

Verbenaceae

200

200

330

330

4

Terminalia crenulata (Heyne) Roth

Combretaceae

230

270

270

270

5

Grewia tiliifolia Vahl

Tiliaceae

200

200

270

330

6

Phyllanthus emblica L.

Euphorbiaceae

130

130

130

470

7

Kydia calycina Roxb.

Malvaceae

70

270

270

70

8

Lagerstroemia microcarpa Wight

Lythraceae

170

300

200

N/P

9

Cassia fistula L.

Caesalpiniaceae

30

170

230

200

10

Shorea roxburghii G. Don

Dipterocarpaceae

130

N/P

130

200

Saplings

1

Anogeissus latifolia (DC.) Wall. ex Guill & Perr.

Combretaceae

20

17

33

50

2

Tectona grandis L.f.

Verbenaceae

13

20

40

13

3

Terminalia crenulata (Heyne) Roth

Combretaceae

17

13

20

17

4

Phyllanthus emblica L.

Euphorbiaceae

7

3

N/P

30

5

Randia dumetorum (Retz.) Poir

Rubiaceae

3

3

N/P

17

6

Grewia tiliifolia Vahl

Tiliaceae

10

N/P

N/P

3

7

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.

Fabaceae

N/P

7

3

N/P

8

Cassia fistula L.

Caesalpiniaceae

N/P

3

3

3

9

Terminalia chebula Retz.

Combretaceae

N/P

0

7

N/P

10

Lagerstroemia microcarpa Wight

Lythraceae

N/P

3

3

N/P

Trees

1

Tectona grandis L.f.

Verbenaceae

97

80

123

77

2

Terminalia crenulata (Heyne) Roth

Combretaceae

67

67

90

107

3

Anogeissus latifolia (DC.) Wall. ex Guill & Perr.

Combretaceae

43

73

83

70

4

Phyllanthus emblica L.

Euphorbiaceae

20

13

20

140

5

Lagerstroemia microcarpa Wight

Lythraceae

47

27

20

N/P

6

Cassia fistula L.

Caesalpiniaceae

7

17

33

20

7

Randia dumetorum (Retz.) Poir

Rubiaceae

27

17

13

17

8

Grewia tiliifolia Vahl

Tiliaceae

10

7

17

17

9

Radermachera xylocarpa (Roxb.) Roxb. ex K.Schum.

Bignoniaceae

17

7

13

N/P

10

Dalbergia latifolia Roxb.

Fabaceae

13

10

10

3

  1. N/P not present
  2. Most abundant species in the group is in bold