Introduction

Diversity includes the number of species present, species richness and

equitability which refers to the distribution of individuals among the species
(Nautiyal, et al., 2015).
The province of Benguet is defined by the mountainous topography that
consists of various types of flora. Its presence is also responsible for the
climate in the province. It is a place known where there are diverse flower
species, including roses, mums, and anthuriums. The City of Flowers, as Baguio
is often called, comes into full bloom as many kinds of flowers abound nearly
everywhere, along the roads, in parks, in private gardens and most of all in
flower farms within and outside the city limits. (Hoop, 2015). The assessment
and documentation of plant diversity is the first step in the process of
conservation of biological resources (Raj & Toppo, 2014). The researchers
will be using the baseline inventory type of assessment which concentrates on
the overall biological diversity rather than the detailed information.
The study site will be at the Camp John Hay eco-trail on a hilly slope.
Data gathered in this study may be used by the management of Camp John
Hay and the City tourism of Baguio to plan the improvement of the eco-trail in
terms of aesthetics, sustainability and development. It is significant that there
must be an assessment of floral diversity in order to produce knowledge on
floral diversity to conserve and to protect what is left of the biodiversity. The
study aims to generate information on the most occurring species of
flowers. Researchers will be using the Species-specific type of assessment
which provides a fast assessment of the status of a specific taxonomic group
in a given are (Patrick, et al., 2014).
The research’s objectives are to: 1) assess the status of
conservation, 2) classify plants according to the appraisal of the status of a
particular species.

Methodology
The researchers will employ the descriptive-classification type of quantitative
research for this study.
It will be conducted on the first week of November 2017 at the Eco-trail of
Camp John Hay. In sampling, the researchers will utilize the quadrat
method. For sampling, a quadrat is defined as a frame laid down in order to
mark an exact area. The number of times a plant occurs will be recorded with
the use of an appropriate measure of abundance (Baxter, 2014). It may come
in the shapes square, rectangle, or circle and may be in any appropriate
size. In doing the quadrat method, the researchers will mark out the quadrat
measuring 1m then use the pegs to mark the corners of the quadrat and join it
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together with the string to make a rectangle. For this research, the rectangular
quadrat will be used because of the low perimeter to interior area compared to
a square. In addition, the rectangular quadrat can obtain more linear distance
along the ground (Baxter, 2014). After which, the researchers will count the
number of the flowers present in the quadrat and record the
findings. To reducebias, the researchers will utilize the stratified random
sampling in the selection of the area to be studied.
The information that collected will be identified by the common name,
scientific name, and family name of each individual flower species. All species
present at the start point are recorded and collected.
The researchers will use the Shannon and Simpson indices which most
ecologists adopt to define the average degree of uncertainty in predicting the
species picked at random (Nautiyal, et al., 2015).
The flowers gathered will be secured in a ziplock and be brought to the
laboratory of Department of Science and Technology in La Trinidad, Benguet.