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Table 1 Number, type and location of tree species sampled for the nutritional and mineral analysis

From: Nutritive values of seven high priority indigenous fodder tree species in pastoral and agro-pastoral areas in Eastern Ethiopia

Species

Family name

Type

Place of collection

Altitude (m. a.s.l.)

Geographic location

DBH range

No. of sampled trees

Latitude (North)

Longitude (East)

A. nilotica

Fabaceae

L

Werer

740

9°01.061′

40°13.474′

5.8–39.3

12

A. tortilis

Fabaceae

L

Awash

917

9°01.069′

40°13.721′

5.1–65.3

12

B. discolor

Rhamnaceae

NL

Fafan

1479

9°13.508′

42°36.011′

7.0–71.8

10

C. sinensis

Boraginaceae

NL

Amibara

743

9°01.065′

40°13.401′

6.3–30.1

12

D. glabra

Salvadoraceae

NL

Awash

922

9°01.196′

40°13.649′

< 28.7

12

T. indica

Fabaceae

L

Fafan

1434

9°14.315′

42°36.035′

< 31.8

10

Z. spina-christi

Rhamnaceae

NL

Bosot

1382

8°40.612′

39°28.681′

3.4–66.9

12

  1. L leguminous, NL non-leguminous