Code | Species name | Bole texture class | Epiphyte position on tree | Total epiphyte volume (cm3) | Epiphyte dry weight (kg) | Epiphyte recorded | |
1 | Ficus spp. | Smooth | Crown & trunk | 206.00 | 119.50 | Moss & lichens | |
2 | Diospyros spp. | Rough | Crown and trunk | 806.00 | 97.50 | Moss & lichens | |
3 | Syzygium spp. | Smooth | Crown and trunk | 665.60 | 152.80 | Moss & lichens | |
4 | Khaya anthotheca | Rough | Crown and trunk | 475.00 | 51.60 | Moss & lichens | |
5 | Xylopia aethiopica | Rough | Crown and trunk | 715.70 | 67.30 | Moss & lichens | |
6 | Vitex doniana | Rough | Branch, axil and trunk | 875.00 | 305.40 | Moss, orchids, & hemi epiphyte (Ficus spp.) | |
7 | Isoberlinia angolensis | Rough | Branch, axil and trunk | 417.00 | 283.00 | Moss, orchid, & hemi epiphyte | |
8 | Brachystegia spiciformis | Rough | Branch, axil and trunk | 317.00 | 236.00 | Moss, orchid, & hemi epiphyte | |
9 | Isoberlinia tomentosa | Rough | Branch, axil and trunk | 238.00 | 125.90 | Moss, orchid, & hemi epiphyte | |
10 | Parinari curatelifolia | Rough | Branch, axil and trunk | 714.00 | 227.70 | Moss, orchid, & hemi epiphyte | |
11 | Brachystegia floribunda | Rough | Branch, axil and trunk | 413.00 | 189.80 | Moss, orchid, & hemi epiphyte | |
12 | Brachystegia utilis | Rough | Branch, axil and trunk | 517,00 | 91.20 | Moss, orchid, & hemi epiphyte | |
13 | Burkea africana | Rough | Axil | 15.00 | 3.90 | Moss, orchid, & hemi epiphyte | |
14 | Pterocarpus angolensis | Rough | Axil | 9.00 | 5.00 | Moss, orchid, & hemi epiphyte | |
15 | Uapaca sp. | Rough | Axil | 21.00 | 39.50 | ||
16 | Anisophyllea boehmii | Rough | 7.00 | 1.50 | Moss & orchid | ||
17 | Uapaca kirkiana | Rough | Axil | 47.00 | 5.50 | Moss | |
18 | Afzelia quanzensis | Rough | Axil | 315.00 | 120.70 | Moss & orchid | |
19 | Lannea discolor | Smooth | Branch, axil and trunk | 17.00 | 41.18 | Moss, orchid & hemi epiphyte | |
20 | Pericopsis angolensis | Rough | Axil | 11.00 | 2.00 | Moss & orchid | |
21 | Marquesia macroura | Rough | Axil | 129.00 | 113.50 | Orchid | |
22 | Hymenocardia acida | Rough | Axil | Moss & orchid | |||
23 | Bauhunia peternesiana | Rough | Absent | ||||
24 | Berchemia discolour | Rough | Absent | ||||
25 | Diplorhynchus condylocarpon | Rough | Absent | ||||
26 | Cassia abbreviata | Rough | Absent | ||||
27 | Terminalia spp. | Rough | Absent | ||||
28 | Combretum spp. | Rough | Absent | ||||
29 | Ximenia spp. | Rough | Absent | ||||
30 | Erithrina abyssinica | Rough | Absent | ||||
31 | Strychnos spinosa | Rough | Absent | ||||
32 | Dalbergia spp. | Rough | Absent | ||||
33 | Lannea stulmannii | Smooth | Absent | ||||
34 | Bobgunia madagascariensis | Rough | Absent | ||||
35 | Strychnos cocculoides | Rough | |||||
36 | Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia | Rough | Absent | ||||
37 | Diospyros mespiliformis | Rough | Absent | Absent | |||
Total | 6331.30 | 2119.90 | Absent | Absent |