Table 2 Species list with synoptic cover-abundance values for species having a value of ≥1 at least one in a community type

Community size

19

11

24

12

14

P value

Ziziphus mucronata

3.37

0.27

0.21

0

1.29

0.004

Acacia polyacantha

3.21

0.73

0

0

0.34

0.001

Bidens pilosa

2.11

2

1.5

0.67

0.29

0.12

Achyranthes aspera

1.89

0

0.17

0

0

0.012

Ziziphus spina-christi

1.74

0.27

0.62

0.17

0.93

0.06

Trifolium campestre

1.84

0

0

0.33

1.43

0.6

Chamaecrista mimosoides

1.68

0

0.33

0

1.14

000

Dichrostachys cinerea

1.26

0.73

0

0

0.36

000

Combretum hartmannianum

0.84

5.64

0.92

0

0.71

0.01

Terminalia macroptera

1.32

4.09

0.42

0

0

000

Setaria megaphylla

0.84

4

0.33

0

0.57

000

Oxytenanthera abyssinica

0

3.91

0

0

0

0

Oplismenus burmannii

0.63

3.27

0.83

0

0

000

Ficus ingens

1.05

2.64

0

0

0

0.615

Senna obtusifolia

1.05

2.55

0

0

0

0.05

Lannea fruticosa

0.53

1.45

0.33

0

0.36

000

Acanthospermum hispidum

0.84

1.09

0.33

0

0.29

000

Eleusine africana

0.79

1.09

0.96

0

0

0.01

Anogeissus leiocarpa

1.58

2.64

2.96

0

0

000

Ozoroa insignis

0

0.88

2.79

0

2.29

000

Bidens macroptera

0.42

0

2.33

1.33

0.86

0.38

Guizotia scabra

0.21

0

2.12

0.33

0.86

0.45

Terminalia laxiflora

0

0

1.46

0

0.79

000

Vangueria madagascariensis

0

0

1.17

0.42

0.14

0.23

Rhus retinorrhoea

0.32

0

0.58

1.67

0

000

Diospyros abyssinica

0.26

0

0.54

1.33

0.43

0.01

Combretum molle

0.32

0

0.46

1

1.14

000

Entada abyssinica

1.21

0

0.21

0

0.36

000

Eucle racemosa

0

0

0.21

3.17

0.71

000

Acacia abyssinica

0

0

1.75

2.83

1.21

000

Galiniera saxifraga

0

0

0.42

2.25

0.79

0.01

Acokanthera schimperi

0.37

0

0.29

2.08

0

000

Acacia seyal

0

0

0.75

1.83

1.21

000

Balanites aegyptiaca

0.11

0

0

1.75

0

0.81

Mimusops kummel

0.26

0

0.42

1.5

0.36

0.11

Acacia lahai

0

0

0.25

1.42

0.79

000

Desmodium repandum

0

0

0.17

1.08

0

000

Dodonaea angustifolia

0

0

2.0

1.33

3.71

0.01

Flueggea virosa

1.68

0.91

0

0

1.36

0.02

Hyparrhenia cymbaria

0

0

0

0

1.71

0.612

Hyparrhenia rufa

0

0

0.17

0

1.43

0.134

Capparis tomentosa

0.21

0

0.21

0.17

1.07

0.16

Arthraxon micans

0

0

0.17

0

1.43

000

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

0

0

0.83

0.33

1.14

000

Grewia ferruginea

0.26

2.18

0.29

0

0.71

1.00

Combretum adenogonium

1.11

0

0

0

0

4.23

Stereospermum kunthianum

0.26

1.09

0

0

0

0.84

Lonchocarpus laxiflorus

0.11

2

0

0

0

0.145

Combretum rochetianum

0

2.18

0

0

0

0.15