Abstract
The Ayer Hitam Forest, a logged-over lowland mixed-dipterocarp forest in the State of Selangor covers an area of 1248 hectares. It is one of the remaining forests left in the Klang Valley besides the Bukit Nenas Forest in Kuala Lumpur. This forest has been leased to Universiti Putra Malaysia(UPM) in 1996 for 80 years for the purpose of education, research and extension. Since then various efforts have been taken to know the biodiversity it houses. Thus, a database on the plants of Ayer Hitam Forest was started in 1998. Several plots have been established and plant collections were made to achieve this and is still progressing. Results presented here are still preliminary. A total of 430 species of seed plants in 203 genera and 72 families occur here. 33 species offerns and fern-allies, 127 timber species, 29 fruit tree species and 98 species with medicinal values were recorded from this forest. Of these taxa, 20 species which are endemic to Peninsular Malaysia are found here, five being new records for Selangor. Although Ayer Hitam Forest is still regenerating, it is nevertheless a rich fragmented ecosytem that needs to be conseroed for future generations to come.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Ayer Hitam Forest has 430 seed plant species in 203 genera and 72 families.
- Taxon
- seed plantsSpermatophytae1
- Outcome
- A total of 430 speciese1
- Value
- 430 speciese1
Verbatim
e1“A total of 430 species of seed plants in 203 genera and 72 families occur here”
Claim · model-written summary
33 fern and fern-allied species were recorded from the forest.
Verbatim
e2“33 species offerns and fern-allies, 127 timber species, 29 fruit tree species and 98 species with medicinal values were recorded from this forest”
Claim · model-written summary
127 timber species were recorded from the forest.
- Taxon
- seed plantsSpermatophytae1
- Outcome
- timber speciese2
- Value
- 127 timber speciese2
Verbatim
e1“A total of 430 species of seed plants in 203 genera and 72 families occur here”
e2“33 species offerns and fern-allies, 127 timber species, 29 fruit tree species and 98 species with medicinal values were recorded from this forest”
Claim · model-written summary
29 fruit tree species were recorded from the forest.
- Taxon
- seed plantsSpermatophytae1
- Outcome
- fruit tree speciese2
- Value
- 29 fruit tree speciese2
Verbatim
e1“A total of 430 species of seed plants in 203 genera and 72 families occur here”
e2“33 species offerns and fern-allies, 127 timber species, 29 fruit tree species and 98 species with medicinal values were recorded from this forest”
Claim · model-written summary
98 species with medicinal values were recorded from the forest.
- Taxon
- seed plantsSpermatophytae1
- Outcome
- species with medicinal valuese2
- Value
- 98 speciese2
Verbatim
e1“A total of 430 species of seed plants in 203 genera and 72 families occur here”
e2“33 species offerns and fern-allies, 127 timber species, 29 fruit tree species and 98 species with medicinal values were recorded from this forest”
Claim · model-written summary
20 species endemic to Peninsular Malaysia are found in the forest.
- Taxon
- seed plantsSpermatophytae1
- Outcome
- endemic to Peninsular Malaysiae3
- Value
- 20 speciese3
Verbatim
e1“A total of 430 species of seed plants in 203 genera and 72 families occur here”
e3“20 species which are endemic to Peninsular Malaysia are found here”
Claim · model-written summary
Five of the recorded species are new records for Selangor.
- Taxon
- seed plantsSpermatophytae1
- Outcome
- new records for Selangore4
- Value
- fivee4
Verbatim
e1“A total of 430 species of seed plants in 203 genera and 72 families occur here”
e4“five being new records for Selangor”