A quantitative study of pigmy forest vegetation at 2000 m in Hakgala Strict Natural Reserve

Rathnayake, R.M.W.; Solangarachchi, S.M.

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A quantitative study of pigmy forest vegetation at 2000 m in Hakgala Strict Natural Reserve

Rathnayake, R.M.W.; Solangarachchi, S.M.

URI: http://www.sci.sjp.ac.lk/ojs/index.php/fesympo/article/view/1219
http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5514

Citation: Rathnayake, R.M.W.; Solangarachchi, S.M. and Jayasekera, R. (1998). A quantitative study of pigmy forest vegetation at 2000 m in Hakgala Strict Natural Reserve. In: Proceedings of the Second Annual Forestry Symposium, December 6-7, 1996. Management and Sustainable Utilization of Forest Resources, Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka, 215-222 pp.

Date: 1998

Abstract:

A study was made in /996 ofthe composition, abundance, and density oftheflora ofthis type ofpigmyforest. In the overstorey ( 8 cm girth at 20 cm laboveground level) there were recorded /8 species oll3 genera and 8falllilies, and inthe understorey (non-woody species and woody species . 8 cm).J / species ol35genera and 25.families; 16 species (39%) were common to hoth. Syzygiumsclerophyllum \Vas the most dominant species in both storeys. Many species wereendemics.

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