ABC Mungolwe Hills, Machinga Sampling Event data

Elizabeth Mwafongo

doi:10.15468/x1gjdz

ABC Mungolwe Hills, Machinga Sampling Event data

Citation

Mwafongo E, Mpalika D (2022). ABC Mungolwe Hills, Machinga Sampling Event data. Version 1.2. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/x1gjdz accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.

Description

This dataset was generated from a day field trip to Mungolwe Hills, Machinga by National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens technical team to carry out plot sampling on these hills. The Hills are located opposite Malosa Mountain Forest reserve alon the road to Liwonde, Machinga.

Plot sampling was done along a defined transect on the hills using 10X10 plot size with a distance of 50m between plots. A 10X10m plot was chosen because of the difficult terrain in these mountains. The standard plot size is usually 50X50m. For each plot, the coordinates, altitude and the plant species present were recorded.

Purpose

This data was collected as part of the day to day work for National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi. There were a series of field trips to this area in 2005 and some are still existing as raw data. This data will be made available later as this process of publishing will be incorporated in our day to day activities.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The study was carried out at Mungolwe hills, Machinga

Sampling

A single transect was laid from the riverine forest area using a campus which assisted with directions of the transect. 10m by 10m quadrats were laid out along the transect at a distance of 50m between each transect. In each plot, coordinates and altitude were captured using a hand held GPS. This was done at the middle of each plot. In addition, plant species present within the quadrat were recorded.

Method steps

A 10X10m quadrat was used as a standard quadrat in this exercise.

Taxonomic Coverages

There are two classes represented here, Liliopsida and Magnoliopsida

Magnoliopsida
rank: class
Liliopsida
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

The data was recorded from Mungolwe Hills, Machinga District, Malawi, Central Africa.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Elizabeth Mwafongo
originator
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com

Elizabeth Mwafongo
metadata author
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com

Donald Mpalika
metadata author
position: IT officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 888329900
email: dmpalika@yahoo.co.uk

Elizabeth Mwafongo
publisher
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com

Elizabeth Mwafongo
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com

Donald Mpalika
administrative point of contact
position: IT officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 1 525388
email: dmpalika@yahoo.co.uk