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Table 1 Details of each family that occurred in all seven plots (and their frequency) sorted in alphabetical order with the total number of stems found: in primary cloud forest at Maquipucuna Reserve (MR1), (MR2), (MR3), and (MR4); in primary cloud forest at Yanacocha Reserve (YA); and in secondary cloud forest at Maquipucuna Reserve

From: Gradient (elevation) vs. disturbance (agriculture) effects on primary cloud forest in Ecuador: floristics and physical structure

Family

MR1

MR2

MR3

MR4

YA

S

B

Actinidaceae

8

4

6

6

1

0

0

Araliaceae

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Asteraceae

0

1

0

0

14

3

1

Boraginaceae

0

0

0

0

5

0

0

Bromeliaceae

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cecropiaceae

0

0

3

4

0

1

0

Chloranthaceae

0

0

0

0

77

2

1

Cunoniaceae

0

0

0

0

10

0

0

Cyatheacaeae

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Euphorbiaceae

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

Fabaceae

12

5

15

17

0

0

2

Lamiaceae

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Lauraceae

28

35

37

18

0

2

2

Melastomataceae

1

1

6

2

86

0

3

Mimosaceae

3

3

0

1

0

0

0

Monimiaceae

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

Moraceae

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

Myristicaceae

3

2

4

0

0

0

0

Myricaceae

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

Myrtaceae

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

Piperaceae

2

0

2

1

0

4

0

Rubiaceae

5

0

3

3

24

0

0

Solanaceae

0

1

1

3

0

0

1

Tiliaceae

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Urticaceae

4

3

5

0

0

1

0

Verbenaceae

8

4

8

4

0

0

0

  1. S recovering sugarcane field, B recovering banana field