Table 7 Mean (±std) of underutilized woody wild edible plant diversity for the three land uses in lowland agroecology (LLA) of the Chilga District, northwestern Ethiopia

Richness

Quavere Lomiye

3.08^a ± 0.31

4.25^a ± 0.43

1.92^a ± 0.29

Tenbera

3.75^a ± 0.30

2.08^b ± 0.34

1.83^a ± 0.61

Overall mean

3.42 ± 0.22

3.17 ± 0.35

1.87 ± 0.33

Simpson

Quavere Lomiye

0.52^a ± 0.06

0.59^a ± 0.06

0.34^a ± 0.07

Tenbera

0.57^a ± 0.05

0.34^b ± 0.09

0.19^a ± 0.09

Overall mean

0.55 ± 0.03

0.46 ± 0.06

0.27 ± 0.06

Shannon

Quavere Lomiye

0.90^a ± 0.10

1.15^a ± 0.13

0.53^a ± 0.13

Tenbera

1.05^a ± 0.09

0.55^b ± 0.16

0.39^a ± 0.18

Overall mean

0.98 ± 0.07

0.85 ± 0.12

0.46 ± 0.11

Evenness

Quavere Lomiye

0.83^a ± 0.04

0.78^a ± 0.07

0.59^a ± 0.13

Tenbera

0.82^a ± 0.05

0.55^a ± 0.14

0.27^a ± 0.12

Overall mean

0.82 ± 0.03

0.66 ± 0.08

0.43 ± 0.09