Plant Community at Khao Noi Castle Historic Site, Sa Kaeo Province
Abstract
A study of plant community was carried out at Khao Noi Castle historic site, Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province during November 2021 to April 2022. Twelve semi-permanent plots, 10 X10 m, were established. The objectives aimed to clarify the species composition and forest structure. It was found that the plant community is mixed deciduous forest with 20 families 28 genera 29 species and 1 unknown species. The recognized as rare species was Turraea pubescens Hell. var billardieri (DC.) Pellegr. The dominant tree species based on the importance value index (IVI) was Pterocarpus macrocarpus Kurz while the tree density and diversity index (H/) were 143 individual per Rai and 2.824 respectively. As a result, the conservation plan for rare and local in situ species should be documented. In order to, promote historical value and for eastern local plant learning resources.
Keywords : ancient monuments; plant diversity ; important value index
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