Nature and Science, 2009;7(8):19-25 Ihenyen et al, Timber Resource Status Timber Resource Status Of Ehor Forest Reserve In Uhunmwode Local Government Area Of Edo State, Nigeria

Abstract: Five sample plots of 30m ¯ 30m were laid out in each of three selected compartments (81, 95 and 112) of 1.6 square kilometer within the Ehor Forest Reserve of Edo State, Nigeria. Fifty-four timber species were identified with compartment 81 having the highest number of species of thirty-four (34) and compartment 112 the least with thirty (30) species. Compartment 95 had thirty-three while the three compartments have eighteen species common to them. The following eleven species Afzelia africana, Albizia zygia, Bombax brevicuspe, Cordia millenii, Dacryodes edulis, Irvingia gabonensis, Khaya grandifoliola, Mansonia altissima, Milicia excelsa, Nauclea diderrichii, Terminalia ivorensis were represented by only one stand in the three compartments covering an area of 4.8 square kilometers. This translates into 0.002 stand/hectare. It was therefore deduced that these eleven timber species were under threat of extinction from the reserve and therefore need to be conserved for their values. [Nature an