Tree Inventory and diversity analysis along a primary road in Palghar, Maharashtra, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Life Science - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Inventory of the arboreal cover occurring along a primary road in Palghar was prepared for understanding the diversity of the trees. During the survey 17 kilometres road was monitored which had two main types of land uses viz. Forest and urbanised area. Both the areas showed presence of different types of trees. A total of 97 tree species belonging to 33 different families with a count of 2052 were observed during the survey. Frequently distributed trees in forest area were Terminalia crenulata Roth., Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub., Bombax ceiba Burm.f., Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb., Bridelia retusa (L.) A.Juss., Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. while urbanised showed presence of Streblus asper Lour., Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp., Dalbergia lanceolaria L.f., Pithecellobium saman (Jacq.) Benth., Cassia siamea Lam., Delonix regia (Hook.) Raf., Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) K., Moringa oleifera Lam., Borassus flabellifer L., Mangifera indica L., Annona reticulata L., Annona squamosa L.
Authors and Affiliations
Nitesh Joshi, Prachiti Mule, Ambika Joshi
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