Trees in Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus

Authors

  • Touchkanin Jongjitvimol
  • Wanchai Sukrat
  • Amornrat Duangkam
  • Sahanat Petchsri Botany Department, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Science, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Thailand, 73140.

Abstract

Biodiversity  survey of trees in Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus during November 2013             to March 2014 within 336 ha (~3,360,000 m2) of study area. The total amount of recorded tree in Campus is 8,627 and belonging to 39 families, 103 genera and 126 species. The maximum numbers of tree genera are found in Fabaceae (20 genera 26 species or 21%), Bignoniaceae (7 genera 8 species or 6%), and Dipterocarpaceae                      (5 genera 7 species or 6%). While the family Fabaceae (4,026 trees / in number or 46.67%), Bignoniaceae (585                in number or 6.78%), and Ebenaceae (551 in number or 6.39%) were represented by maximum number of trees             in the campus. The most common species in this research are Copper Pod (Peltophorum pterocarpum, IVI=27.72), Padauk (Pterocarpus macrocarpus, IVI=41.62) and Ebony (Diospyros rhodocalyx, IVI=7.93) which were counted as 1,770, 652 and 530 trees or 20.52%, 7.56%, 6.14%, respectively.                   Keywords : diversity, trees, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen

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2016-10-10