Kisumu County has very minimal assessment of the local flora, with only scanty information from protected areas such as Ndere Island. There is no information on the roadside flora, yet road reserves are better conduit for biodiversity conservation due to limited human interference. This study assessed the role of a road reserve in conservation of floral diversity within Kisumu County. Species sampling was by transect method while percentage cover was by point quadrat method for grasses and herbs and total head count method for trees. Species identification was based on morphological attributes according to ICBN. A total of 133 plants were sampled from 45 families. The therophytes (19.8%) dominated in terms of cover, while, the microphanerophytes (18 species) dominated in species abundance. Fabaceae (20 species) had the highest number of species, though; Poaceae had the highest ground cover (15.7%).

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