English ivy prefers full to light shade and is considered invasive in areas where it hasescapedits intended space. Annual spring pruning is a must to keep this evergreen vine in control. In areas where it is exposed to winter
Mimusops kummel is an evergreen tree that can reach 30 m and has a diameter of more than 1 m, with a leafy and oval crown. The fruit is a hard 2-cm-long drupe that is pointed and orange yellow and contains one red‒brown seed [108]. The native range of M. kummel is Tropical...
including several common species such asA. indica, V. paradoxa and P. reticulatum.A. indicais an exotic species that increased significantly in numbers during the last two decades particularly around villages, where it is mainly used as a shade for humans due to its fast growth...
The vegetation of the study area is characterized by the Afroalpine belt (AA), Dry evergreen Afro-Montane Forest and Grassland complex (DAF) and Combretum- Terminalia vegetation types that make suitable habitats for various plant compositions and diversity including WEPs. The current vegetation ...
Herbal medicine has been used for the treatment of human and livestock ailments since ancient times. Numerous rural and urban communities in Ethiopia practice traditional medicine and transfer the knowledge verbally from generation to generation. Thus, t
Figure 7. Variation of diversity indexes between the two plant communities evaluated in Himalayan Subtropical-Temperate Ecotone/Evergreen Oak Forest (GLM results, and associated p-values are displayed at each plot). (a–d), Relationship between species richness (a), Shannon diversity (b), Simpson...
The concept involves planting low-flammable broadleaf evergreen trees strategically, creating barriers approximately 20–35 m wide to prevent and obstruct the spread of wildfires. This supports a substantial increase in afforestation efforts aligned with SDG 15 targets. This not only acts as a ...