An Assessment of the Status of Biodiversity in the Muthurajawela ...

Area Major Flora in Sampling site & Habitat Major flora in year 2000 Braun-Blanquet
year 1990 Human impact Cover Codes
Nymphaea stellata
C
Ambahiti-ela Reed swamp Typha angustifolia B
3 Nymphaea stellata C
Lentic flora Pistia stratiotes A
Nymphaea stellata
B-C
Ceratophyllum demersum C
Typha angustifolia
C
Marsh Eleocharis dulcis B
Nymphaea stellata
C
Shrub Annona glabra A
Short grassland Ischaemum rugosum B
5. Extreme South Annona glabra Mudiyanse-ela Shrub Annona glabra B-C
Mudiyansela – Lygodium microphylatum 3 Reed swamp Phragmites karka A
Jayasuriya Rd Grasses
Sedges Farmwatte Shrub Annona glabra B-C
3 Cayratia trifolia C
Lygodium microphyllum
C
Reed swamp Phragmites karka C
Human impact (Disturbance):1 – Very low; 2 – marginal; 3 – moderate; 4 – high; 5 – Very high.
Braun-Blanquet scale for visual estimation of plants: 76%-100% cover (A); 51%-75% cover (B);26%-50% cover (C); 6%-25% cover(D);1%-5% cover
(E);