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Table 6
Importance value index of top ten herb 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
Sida cordifolia
L.
86.2
6.3
73.7
53.7
63.4
57.8
34.6
60.4
64.5
53.6
58.2
29.7
99.7
25.3
53.6
Ageratum conyzoides
L.
19.8
28.9
27.5
24.4
7.8
75.5
43.5
39.1
35.6
16.5
70.3
43.8
65.4
52.5
39.0
Sida acuta
Burm. f.
27.4
21.4
1.0
11.0
2.5
3.0
1.2
1.5
8.6
0.0
16.3
63.2
16.6
31.3
8.7
Aristida hystrix
L.f.
0.9
0.0
18.1
0.5
0.0
5.4
14.3
15.4
3.4
7.1
2.5
0.7
0.0
6.0
1.0
Eragrostis tenella
(L.) Beauv.
9.0
4.6
1.1
7.2
17.8
0.0
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
17.5
2.7
4.4
8.6
11.5
Evolvulus alsinoides
L.
17.3
50.1
35.4
11.0
3.1
18.0
21.7
13.1
10.7
48.1
19.5
15.0
15.9
11.0
36.1
Euphorbia hirta
L.
15.6
17.6
26.1
7.4
0.0
14.1
14.4
10.5
2.2
16.0
15.0
14.0
2.2
12.7
33.8
Aristida setacea
Retz.
0.0
1.3
0.4
0.0
0.0
26.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
11.1
0.0
0.0
0.5
0.7
7.2
Blepharis maderaspatensis
(L.)
Roth
0.9
10.4
22.1
55.5
0.0
19.2
1.7
21.7
13.7
21.8
3.2
32.2
3.9
0.0
37.6
Ocimum canum
Sims
3.5
0.0
2.0
7.6
1.3
1.8
3.5
9.4
0.0
0.0
4.0
1.6
11.2
7.8
6.2
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