Life-Forms and Biological Spectrum of Deeva Ka Daanda a Sacred Grove in Garhwal Himalaya

J. C. Ghildiyal; Naveen Barthwal; Ajay Khantwal

doi:10.36808/if/2016/v142i2/88804

Life-Forms and Biological Spectrum of Deeva Ka Daanda a Sacred Grove in Garhwal Himalaya

Authors

J. C. Ghildiyal Department of Botany, Dr. P.D.B.H. Government Post Graduate College, Kotdwar (Uttarakhand)
Naveen Barthwal Department of Botany, Dr. P.D.B.H. Government Post Graduate College, Kotdwar (Uttarakhand)
Ajay Khantwal Department of Botany, Dr. P.D.B.H. Government Post Graduate College, Kotdwar (Uttarakhand)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2016/v142i2/88804

Keywords:

Life-Forms, Biological Spectrum, Deeva Ka Daanda, Sacred Grove, Garhwal Himalaya.

Abstract

Deeva Ka Daanda a sacred grove in Garhwal Himalaya, is a tradionally protected forest area with its rich plant diversity. It occupies an area in West Ameli Range in Garhwal Forest Division. The biological spectrum of this sacred grove reveals that the vegetation of this area is thero-phanerophytic. The life-forms observed were Phanerophytes (26.82%), Chamaephytes (5.79%), Hemicrytophytes (4.63%), Cryptophytes (7.45%), and Therophytes (34.1%).

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