A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF PIGMY FOREST AT 2000 M IN HAKGALA STRICT NATURAL RESERVE

Authors

  • S.M. Solangaarachchi Department of Botany. University of Kelaniya
  • L. R. Jayasekera Department of Botany. University of Kelaniya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31357/fesympo.v0i0.1219

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.

Author Biographies

S.M. Solangaarachchi, Department of Botany. University of Kelaniya

Department of Botany. University of Kelaniya

L. R. Jayasekera, Department of Botany. University of Kelaniya

Department of Botany. University of Kelaniya

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Published

2013-06-20

Issue

1996: Proceedings of Second Forestry Symposium 1996

Section

Forestry and Natural Resource Management