Plant Diversity and Biomass Carbon Stocks of Nong Mek Community Forest, Khok Sung District, Sa Kaeo Province

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Bussara Kanhom
Boontida Moungsrimuangdee
Panya Waiboonya
Prapatsorn Yodsa-nga
Panadda Larpkern

Abstract

This research aimed to study the plant species diversity and carbon stocks at Nong Mek community forest, Khok Sung District, Sa Kaeo Province. Plots in a simple random sampling were carried out to measure the diameter at breast height (DBH) and total height of all trees (40´40 m), saplings (4´4 m), and seedlings (1´1 m). Relative density, relative frequency, relative dominance, and importance value index (IVI) were assessed. Biomass was calculated by using allometric equations. Then carbon stocks were estimated.


The results showed that a total of 39 species and 21 families of plants were classified. Most species belonged to Fabaceae. The densities of trees, saplings, and seedlings were 1,034, 49, and 121 tree ha-1, respectively. Sindora siamensis Teijsm. ex Miq., Xylia xylocarpa (Roxb.) W. Theob., Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz, Shorea obtusa Wall. ex Blume, Clausena excavata Burm. f., Cratoxylum pruniflorum (Kurz) Gogelein, and Memecylon edule Roxb. were considered as indicator species in the Nong Mek community forest based on IVI. Total aboveground biomass of all species was 54.55 ton ha-1. This was divided into stem, branch, and leaf with the amount of 44.45, 8.39, and 1.70 ton ha-1, respectively. Total carbon stock was 25.64 ton ha-1.  


 

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Kanhom, B., Moungsrimuangdee, B., Waiboonya, P., Yodsa-nga, P. ., & Larpkern, P. (2019). Plant Diversity and Biomass Carbon Stocks of Nong Mek Community Forest, Khok Sung District, Sa Kaeo Province. Thai Journal of Forestry, 38(2), 41–55. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tjf/article/view/245915
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