Table 1.

Species composition in the exclosure, open woodland and open degraded land

No.	Scientific name of species	Family name	Exclosure		Open woodland		Open degraded land
			Fr	RA	Fr	RA	Fr	RA
1	Rhus ruspolii	Anacardiaceae	3	0.3	10	1.3	0	0
2	Uvaria leptocladon	Annonaxeae	23	2.2	4	0.5	0	0
3	Carissa spinarum	Apocynaceae	13	1.3	26	3.3	0	0
4	Vernonia ampla	Asteraceae	3	0.3	0	0	0	0
5	Balanites aegyptiaca	Balanitaceae	0	0	10	1.3	0	0
6	Combretum molle	Combertaceae	192	18	70	8.9	4	6
7	Terminalia laxiflora	Combretaceae	80	7.5	30	3.8	6	9
8	Combretum collinum	Combretaceae	195	18.3	82	10.4	8	11.9
9	Terminalia brownii	Combretaceae	10	0.9	28	3.6	0	0
10	Costus afer	Costaceae	6	0.6	6	0.8	0	0
11	Acacia seyal	Fabaceae	0	0	2	0.3	0	0
12	Albizia grandibracteata	Fabaceae	58	5.4	46	5.8	4	6
13	Albizia gummifera	Fabaceae	10	0.9	0	0	0	0
14	Dichrostachys cinerea	Fabaceae	178	16.7	212	26.9	10	14.5
15	Piliostigmli thonningii	Fabaceae	27	2.5	26	3.3	0	0
16	Prosopis juliflora	Fabaceae	29	2.7	82	10.4	18	26.9
17	Flacourtia indica	Flacourtiaceae	2	0.2	2	0.3	0	0
18	Pilostigma thonningii	Legume	0	0	4	0.5	0	0
19	Ficus glumosa	Moraceae	2	0.2	8	1	0	0
20	Ficus sycomorus	Moraceae	3	0.3	0	0	0	0
21	Dodonaea viscosa	Sapindaceae	198	18.5	112	14.2	0	0
22	Strychnos innocua	Solanaceae	5	0.5	6	0.8	5	7.5
23	Grewia bicolar	Tiliaceae	12	1.1	2	0.3	12	17.9
24	Grewia ferruginea	Malvaceae	14	1.3	18	2.3	0	0
25	Vitex doniana	Verbenaceae	2	0.2	0	0	0	0
26	Aloe vera	Xanthorrhoeaceae	3	0.3	2	0.3	0	0
	Total		1068	100	788	100	67	100

Source: Field survey results