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Sangha, K. and R.K. Jalota. 2005. Value of ecological services of exotic Eucalyptus tereticornis and native Dalbergia sissoo tree plantations of north-western India. Conservation and Society 3(1):92-109.

Digital Appendix 1. Importance Value Index (IVI) and Relative Biomass (RB) of various plant species found on the floors of 6-8 year and 19-21 year old Eucalyptus and Dalbergia plantations.

Plant species
6-8 yr old plantations
19-21 yr plantations
E. tereticornis
D. sissoo
E. tereticornis
D. sissoo
IVI
RB
IVI
RB
IVI
RB
IVI
RB
Achyranthes aspera 3.76 1.12 7.88 4.22 5.12 0.51 14.14 9.98
Agaricus sp. - - - - - - 6.81 0.04
Ageratum conyzoides - - - - - - 22.49 3.01
Amaranthus paniculatus - - - - 2.45 0.69 2.21 2.91
Anagalis arvensis - - 1.92 0.02 - - - -
Artemesia scoparia 11.28 0.87 22.2 1.43 - - - -
Calotropis procera 0.36 0.14 - - - - - -
Cannabis sativa - - - - - - 29.14 15.39
Cassia occidentalis - - 3.83 0.18 - - 0.88 0.11
Cenchrus ciliaris - - - - - - 1.67 0.02
Chenopodium album - - 18.12 2.65 2.58 0.51 - -
Commelina communis - - - - - - 5.02 0.36
Cronophus didymus - - 1.27 0.06 - - - -
Cynodon dactylon 109.54 0.72 106.04 0.94 34.14 0.62 66.09 0.97
Cyperus rotundus - - 1.54 0.06 - - - -
Dactyloectenium aegyptium 29.29 0.33 - - - - - -
Dalbergia sissoo - - 3.88 0.75 - - 1.09 0.18
Dendrochalamus hamiltonii - - 0.59 1.73 - - - -
Desmodium gigantium - - 3.94 0.81 1.55 0.01 - -
Dicalyptra roxburghii - - - - - - 19.98 1.28
Dicanthium annulatum 8.61 0.72 8.05 2.71 - - 5.83 0.11
Digitaria adscendens - - 2.05 1 - - - -
Eragrostris poaeoides - - 2.2 0.18 - - - -
Erigeron linifolius - - 0.98 0.06 - - - -
Euphorbia hirta - - 2.03 0.28 - - - -
Euphorbia prostrata - - 2.07 1.26 - - - -
Gnaphalium indicum - - 2.29 1.26 - - - -
Hedra helix - - - - 3.35 0.12 0.95 0.03
Lantana camara 6.21 2.42 7.45 0.87 7 0.16 8.47 11.13
Launea naudicaulis - - - - 1.22 0.01 - -
Malva sylvestris 2.39 0.25 - - - - - -
Malvestrum coromandelianum 16.58 3.08 15.59 3.04 2.78 0.99 6.25 2.41
Medicago sativa 15.27 0.03 3.93 0.41 - - - -
Morus alba - - - - 6.07 0.04 - -
Oxalis corniculata 3.26 0.02 3.84 0.01 - - 3.49 0.24
Parthenium hysterophorus 17.17 0.93 14.41 1.67 17.96 5.96 8.04 0.25
Paspalidium flavidum - - 2.95 0.19 2.08 0.2 4.25 0.18
Peristrophe bicalyculata - - 4.79 1.56 - - 8.22 7.44
Portulaca oleracea - - - - - - 0.84 0.28
Puppalia lappacea - - - - - - 2.24 1.1
Saccharum munja 49.57 72.41 30.01 39.99 158.74 59.39 47.05 21.69
Setaria glauca - - - - - - 1.45 0.11
Sida acuta 6.06 2.96 10.28 3.05 16.22 5.96 8.78 0.65
Sida rhombifolia 7.05 0.4 1.01 0.11 24.59 12.19 14.15 6.78
Sida vernoaecifolia - - 1.52 1.02 - - 4.76 3.81
Solanum nigrum 11.52 0.22 3.26 0.45 6.14 4.22 - -
Sonchus oleraceae - - 1.68 1.08 - - - -
Stellaria media - - - - - - 5.07 0.01
Tephrosia purpurea - - 1.1 2.1 - - - -
Urena lobata - - 1.02 0.98 2.77 0.02 9.82 0.07
Vernonia cinerea 2.6 0.22 3.18 1.07 - - - -
Zizyphus numularia - - - - 6.22 1.35 - -

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