Phytosociology is the study of plant communities. Phytosociological data consist of the list of species present AND their abundance (coverage) information. ... According to the number and kind of species and their relative abundance, the vegetation of an area is described as a certain association.

What is Phytosociological analysis?

Phytosociology deals with plant communities, their composition and development, and the relationship between the species within them. A phytosociological system is a system for classifying these communities. ... expressed as the number of species per sample unit (Whittaker, 1972).

What does Phytosociology deal with?

Phytosociology is a subset of vegetation science that deals with extant plant communities and puts particular emphasis on their classification.