Tree species inventory and diversity studies help to understand the species composition and determine the information for forest conservation. This research evaluates the importance value index (IVI) of tree species and diversity at Baturiya Hadejia Wetland National Park. Three Plots of 100 x 100m2 were systematically laid in three habitats (Swampy, Fadama and Wetland). Importance value Index (IVI) was determined. Acacia sieberana had the highest value of (39.8%), followed by Adonsonia digitata (35.4%) and Anogeissus leiocarpus (34.6%), the least recorded stem/ha was Aristolochis albida, Calostropis procera, Celosia argentea and Eragrostis gangetica with (11.2%). A total of 958 stem/ha belonging to 83 species were distributed to 63 genera and 36 families were enumerated. Acacia sieberana had the dominant stems/ha of (0.31%), and Hyphaene thebaica (0.21%), Ziziphus mauritiania (0.19%), Balanite aegyptiaca (0.17%), and Piliotigma recticulatum (0.16%) which recorded as Co dominant stems/ha. Species with stem/ha of 1 were recorded the least with (0.01%). Shanon weiner diversity index was computed with 3.32, richness 2.70 and evenness 0.75. Out of 36 families, Fabaceae had the highest of 18.07% stems/ha followed by Moraceae 9.64% stems/ha and families with least stem/ha were recorded 1.21%, the similarities index of biodiversity summary was also recorded 12% respectively. However, study suggest conservation strategies to protect woody species against anthropogenic pressures, rather than following a strict protectionist approach in the management of the Park.
Diversity, IVI, Tree species, Family, Similarity index and Baturiya Wetland
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