I. HABITAT AND ECOSYSTEMS

Brushland and Grassland Ecosystems

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Forest Ecosystem

• Lowland Evergreen Rainforest
• Forest over limestone
• Forest Ultrabasic Rocks

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Agricultural Ecosystems

• Coconut mixed with Croplands
• Coconut mixed with an undergrowth of Brushes, shrubs and Grass, with some small trees
• Croplands mixed with brushes shrubs and grasses and some small trees
• Croplands/Rice lands

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Wetland Ecosystems

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Other Ecosystems

• Mixed falcatiforium (binaton) Forest
• Mono crop – dominated Ecosystems

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II. FLORA

• 974 Species belonging to 436 Genera and 131 families
• Plants diversity Status
  • Samar Islands Natural Park had a composite Biodiversity index of H’=1.4628
  • Highest diversity index was recorded in Taft watershed with an H’ value of 4.5837
  • Lowest diversity index was obtained in  Pambujan watershed with an H’ value of 3.1570
  • Gandara watershed had the highest value of species richness with S = 497
  • Basey watershed had the lowest value of species richness with only S = 131

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• Composition of Plant Habits
  • 55 epiphytes
  • 103 ferns
  • 146 herbs
  • 76 lianas or woody vines
  • 56 shrubs
  • 165 small trees
  • 230 medium-sized trees
  • 100 large trees
  • 36 tree-like plants
  • 39 vines (non-woody)

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• Economic Uses of Plant Sampled
  • 49 for cottage industry
  • 9 fruit crops/ trees
  • 28 with edible fruits
  • 3 fiber sources
  • 413 landscape materials
  • 24 medicinal
  • 14 poison source
  • 1 shampoo source
  • 5 vegetables
  • 212 ornamentals
  • 1 pulp fiber source
  • 3 root crops
  • 2 spice
  • 19 weeds
  • 2 soil erosion control
  • 10 ecological function
  • 262 as source of timber

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