Table 3 Floristic composition of woody species (Height ≥ 1.3 m) for secondary forest types containing Schima species as one of the dominants. Only species with relative importance values (RIV) ≥ 1.5% are shown. The same letter indicates no significant difference (p > 0.05) for average number of species and diversity indices among those forest types. SD = Standard deviation. RIV = relative importance value. Dominant species are indicated by boldface
Forest type | Type SF1 | Type SF2 | Type SF3 | Type SF4 | Type SF5 | Type SF6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elevation (m) | 1923–2640 | 2398–2636 | 990–2451 | 2043–2280 | 1680–2066 | 1860–2110 |
Plots | P56, P46, P15, | P12, P13, | P47, P48, P52, | P36, P40 | P66, P65, | P9, P8, P7, |
| Â | P57, P49, P41, | P11 | P54, P29, P28, | Â | P64, P67 | P10 |
| Â | P39, P42, P32, | Â | P25, P43, P50, | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | P31, P58, P61, | Â | P26, P62, P59, | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | P65, P14, P16, | Â | P44, P60, P24, | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | P19 | Â | P23, P30, P27, | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | Â | Â | P20, P21 | Â | Â | Â |
Number of plots | 16 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Total areas of plots (m2) | 9300 | 1600 | 12,500 | 1000 | 4300 | 1800 |
Total number of species | 122 | 49 | 189 | 35 | 47 | 53 |
Average number of species | 17 ± 4.50a | 26 ± 1.53a | 16 ± 4.91a | 23 ± 8.50a | 17 ± 5.94a | 17 ± 4.79a |
Shannon-Wiener H′ ± SD | 2.109 ± 0.38a | 2.31 ± 0.29a | 2.284 ± 0.37a | 2.429 ± 0.37a | 2.173 ± 0.49a | 2.289 ± 0.3a |
Simpson D ± SD | 0.793 ± 0.11a | 0.833 ± 0.05a | 0.95 ± 0.07a | 0.909 ± 0a | 0.801 ± 0.13a | 0.846 ± 0.05a |
Importance value | RIV (%) | RIV (%) | RIV (%) | RIV (%) | RIV (%) | RIV (%) |
Species | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Evergreen broad-leaved | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Schima argentea | 29.2 | – | – | – | – | – |
Castanopsis orthacantha | 5.7 | – | – | – | – | – |
Castanopsis echinocarpa | 4.5 | – | – |  | – | – |
Myrica esculenta | 3.4 | – | – | 3.3 | – | – |
Rhododendron delavayi | 3.4 | – | – |  | – | – |
Lyonia ovalifolia | 2.3 | – | – | 2.3 | – | – |
Schima khasiana | 2.2 | 21.9 |  |  | – | – |
Lyonia ovalifolia var. lanceolata | 1.8 |  | – | 2.8 | – | – |
Hypericum monogynum | – | 7.9 | – | – | – | – |
Illicium simonsii | – | 6.6 | – | – | 4.1 | – |
Vaccinium mandarinorum | – | 5.0 | – | – | – | – |
Cyclobalanopsis augustinii | – | 3.8 | – | – | – | – |
Lithocarpus confinis | – | 3.7 | – | – | – | – |
Eurya nitida | – | 1.8 | – | 4.2 | – | – |
Schima wallichii | – | – | 32.0 | 5.9 | – | – |
Castanopsis calathiformis | – | – | 3.1 | – | – | – |
Lithocarpus xylocarpus | – | – | 2.8 | – | – | – |
Lithocarpus fenestratus | – | – | 2.1 | – | – | – |
Litsea martabanica | – | – | 1.6 | – | – | – |
Schima sericans | – | – | – | 21.2 | – | – |
Castanopsis ceratacantha | – | – | – | 18.4 | 2.6 | – |
Rhododendron vialii | – | – | – | 3.3 | – | – |
Anneslea fragrans | – | – | – | 3.3 | – | – |
Lithocarpus mianningensis | – | – | – | 3.1 | – | – |
Manglietia hookeri | – | – | – | 2.8 | – | – |
Craibiodendron stellatum | – | – | – | 2.6 | – | – |
Schima villosa | – | – | – | – | 22.4 | – |
Castanopsis remotidenticulata | – | – | – | – | 12.9 | – |
Lithocarpus truncatus | – | – | – | – | 7.0 | – |
Eurya impressinervis | – | – | – | – | 6.0 | – |
Lithocarpus megalophyllus | – | – | – | – | 2.1 | 2.5 |
Elaeocarpus decipiens | – | – | – | – | 1.7 | – |
Reevesia pubescens | – | – | – | – | 1.5 | – |
Schima sinensis | – | – | – | – | – | 23.5 |
Castanopsis platyacantha | – | – | – | – | – | 15.9 |
Camellia pitardii | – | – | – | – | – | 6.2 |
Lithocarpus hancei | – | – | – | – | – | 5.1 |
Symplocos anomala | – | – | – | – | – | 4.3 |
Symplocos lucida | – | – | – | – | – | 4.3 |
Tetradium ruticarpum | – | – | – | – | – | 3.9 |
Rhododendron coeloneurum | – | – | – | – | – | 2.6 |
Rhododendron calostrotum | – | – | – | – | – | 2.0 |
Deciduous broad-leaved | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Lyonia doyonensis | 3.2 | – |  | 8.6 | – | – |
Alnus nepalensis | 2.5 | – | 3.1 |  | 2.0 | – |
Ilex polyneura | 1.9 | – | – | 8.3 | – | – |
Dipentodon sinicus | – | 20.2 | – | – | – | 2.7 |
Sorbus folgneri | – | 2.8 | – | – | – | – |
Padus brachypoda | – | 2.3 | – | – | – | – |
Tetracentron sinense | – | 1.9 | – | – | – | – |
Lindera obtusiloba | – | 1.7 | – | – | – | – |
Litsea pungens | – | 1.7 | – | – | – | – |
Salix matsudana | – | 1.5 | – | – | – | – |
Betula alnoides | – | – | 4.4 | – | – | – |
Rhoiptelea chiliantha | – | – | – | – | 17.4 | – |
Quercus acutissima | – | – | – | – | 2.4 | – |
Acer sterculiaceum | – | – | – | – | – | 2.2 |
Rehderodendron macrocarpum | – | – | – | – | – | 2.1 |
Enkianthus chinensis | – | – | – | – | – | 1.9 |
Coniferous | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Pinus yunnanensis | 3.7 | – | – | – | – | – |
Tsuga dumosa | – | 2.5 | – | – | – | – |