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Table 5
Importance value index of top ten shrub species in tropical dry deciduous forest of Sathanur reserve forest, Eastern Ghats
Name of the species
Plot number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Lantana camara
L.
38.3
86.0
95.6
93.6
38.5
26.5
59.1
108.6
18.5
57.7
43.0
62.4
55.7
129.8
61.3
Clausena
heptaphylla
(Roxb.)
W. and A.
62.7
72.8
75.5
56.5
94.4
63.5
62.5
75.1
86.6
95.0
58.5
118.4
72.9
94.7
48.4
Tarenna asiatica
(L.)
Alston.
106.2
50.7
52.7
53.7
73.9
115.1
91.1
58.8
108.9
65.4
145.8
36.8
107.6
29.7
116.4
Canthium
coromandelicum
(Burm.f.) Alston.
26.1
4.7
8.3
11.4
16.7
0.0
8.6
8.6
28.7
25.7
30.4
0.0
61.7
4.8
12.3
Opuntia stricta
Haw.
11.3
5.5
38.0
2.6
15.4
11.2
0.0
3.4
16.4
4.8
13.8
0.0
4.3
0.0
Solanum nigrum
L.
9.7
54.2
5.1
2.1
0.0
3.2
0.0
5.2
0.0
5.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
15.2
24.9
Barleria longiflora
L.f.
2.4
0.0
4.8
3.0
2.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
6.9
36.6
0.0
1.5
5.5
Carmona retusa
(Vahl) Masam.
10.1
2.4
36.2
14.1
13.6
48.1
11.4
12.0
18.4
31.5
0.0
25.3
0.0
6.4
3.1
Cassia auriculata
L.
0.0
16.5
4.6
0.0
0.0
1.5
5.0
2.4
13.9
1.4
0.0
3.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
Dodonaea
angustifolia
L. f.
1.7
0.8
7.2
24.4
48.3
23.7
0.0
1.9
1.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
0.0
2.7
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