Mchinji Forest Reserve Sampling Event Data

Study Extent

The methodology used to sample plants in the reserve is called Rapid Biodiversity Survey and this was carried out by 2 teams from National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi

Sampling

Nine (9) quadrats were laid out and plant samples were listed from each quadrats and their uses documents. a Garmin Geographical Positioning System was used to record the position, Altitude of each quadrat. SampleID Zone Easting Northing long. lati. MC001 36L 484320 8481352 -13.737 32.855 MC002 36L 484520 8483365 -13.719 32.857 MC003 36L 480872 8488785 -13.67 32.823 MC004 36L 485360 8477789 -13.769 32.865 MC005 36L 473208 8495506 -13.609 32.752 MC006 36L 484549 8493963 -13.623 32.857 MC007 36L 488163 8491768 -13.643 32.891 MC008 36L 487451 8488095 -13.676 32.884 MC009 36L 489687 8481658 -13.734 32.905

Quality Control

There was proper quality control especially verification of plant names which was done at National Herbarium in Zomba

Method steps

1. Plant names were validated using online databases

This resource contains members of the Kingdom Plantae

1. Plantae
   rank: kingdom

The area covered by the collection is Mchinji Forest Reserve, a district in Central Region of Malawi