Attributes of plant community
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Ecological characteristics of plant communities can be classified into three main groups: analytical, synthetic, and physiognomic. Analytical characteristics can be analyzed qualitatively or quantitatively and include characteristics like species, stratification, periodicity, vitality, and sociability. Quantitative characteristics include density, relative density, abundance, cover, and frequency. Synthetic characteristics examine presence, constancy, fidelity, and dominance. Physiognomic characteristics describe the physiognomy, pattern, and life forms of plants such as phanerophytes, chamaeophytes, hemi-cryptophytes, cryptophytes, and therophytes.
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Attributes of plant community
- 1. Topic Ecological Characteristics of Plant Community
- 2. The attributes of a community are classified into three main groups A.Analytic characteristics B.Synthetic Characteristics C.Physiogonomic Characteristics
- 3. A.Analytical Characteristics The characteristics which can be analyzed by Qualitative or Quantitive methods. Qualitative Method The characteristics which cannot be measured. Quantitative Method The characteristics which can be measured.
- 4. Qualitative Characteristics i. Kind of species ii. Stratification (a)Overstory tree (b)Crown (c)Herbaceous plants (d)Mosses and lichens iii.Peridicity iv.Vitality v.Sociability
- 5. Quantitative Characteristics i.Density ii.Relative Density iii.Abundance iv.Cover v.Relative cover vi.Frequency vii.Relative frequency
- 6. Synthetic Characteristics i. Presence ii. Constancy iii. Fidelity iv. Dominance
- 7. Physiological Characteristics Physiogonomy Pattern Life-Form (a)Phanerophytes:include woody tree and shrub (b)Chamaeophytes:Inculde woody and semi-wood (c)Hemi-cryptophytes:perennating bud are half hidden in the surface of earth Cryptophytes:Bud in soil or under water.e.g Hydrilla Therophytes:Annual plants,bud in plant seed