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Table 4 Indicator species of clusters in Gerba Dima forest with their significant P-value

From: Plant community analysis along environmental gradients in moist afromontane forest of Gerba Dima, South-western Ethiopia

Name of indicator species

Community type (C)

Indicator value

P-value

Prunus Africana

1

0.528

0.018*

Rubus apetalus

1

0.516

0.017*

Flacourtia indica

2

0.521

0.02*

Pilea rivularis

3

0.498

0.016*

Elastostema monticolum

3

0.467

0.039*

Ritchiea albersii

4

0.861

0.001***

Trema orientalis

4

0.677

0.001***

Sapium ellipticum

4

0.636

0.002**

Vernonia hochstetteri

4

0.538

0.014*

Zehneria scabra

5

0.581

0.002**

Zehneria minutiflora

5

0.552

0.005**

Urera hypselodendron

5

0.478

0.017*

Vernonia wollastonii

5

0.423

0.045*

  1. C1, Croton macrostachyus-Bersama abyssinica; C2, Syzygium guineense-Olea capensis; C3, Dracaena afromontana-Pouteria adolfi-friederici; C4, Vepris dainellii Schefflera abyssinica C5, Albizia gummifera-Millettia ferruginea community. * = (p < 0.5), ** =(p < 0.01), *** = (p < 0.001)