Diversity of Plant Species Composition and Forest Vegetation Cover of Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve, Vietnam

The obtained results from the study undertaken on the composition of plant species and forest vegetation in Dong Nai Reserve indicated a record of 864 species, 479 genera and 146 families that belongs to the four divisions of vascular plants. These includes: Lycopodiophyta, Polypodiophyta, Pinophyta and Magnoliophyta. Useful plants of 864 taxonomy species listed consists of 540 species of medicinal plants, 157 species of timber plants, 88 species of edible plants, 40 species of ornamental plants, 18 species of industrial plants, 15 species of fiber plants and 6 species of unknown use plants, respectively. During the duration of investigation, Cissus modeccoides Planch. and Goniothalamus vietnamensis Ban. were newly recorded in the forest vegetation of Dong Nai Reserve. One of the recorded species, named Goniothalamus vietnamensis is endangered medicinal plants in Vietnam. A variety of forest vegetations in the area under study is described. In this study, four major vegetation types of forest were identified in Dong Nai Reserve.