Study of Biological Spectrum of the Forest in Joypur of Bankura District, West Bengal, India.

Tripti Bouri

doi:10.36808/if/2026/v152i2/170546

Study of Biological Spectrum of the Forest in Joypur of Bankura District, West Bengal, India.

Authors

Tripti Bouri Bankura Sammilani College, Kenduadihi, Bankura, West Bengal-722102

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2026/v152i2/170546

Keywords:

Biological spectrum, Life-forms, Flora, Phytoclimate, Bankura District.

Abstract

Joypur, is a green vegetational patch in Bankura District a place with a tropical dry deciduous type of forest covering an area of 142 hectares. The present work deals with preparation of its biological spectrum on the basis of its 107 species of angiosperms and 9 species of pteridophytes. Biological spectrum of the area in comparison with Raunkiaer's normal spectrum revealed phanerophytes to dominate the scenario as is usual in a tropical monsoonic biome. Much higher value of chamaephyte speaks for ongoing care to maintain their existance away from predation and trampling by larger herbivorous wild life as well as from unauthorised grazing. A decline in the number of hemicryptophytes is to be considered seriously and special care must be taken about them for ecorestoration. An enhancement of hemicryptophytes is envisaged to ensure nature's economy mainly through prevention of soil erosion. The cryptophytes shows the value much higher than the normal spectrum . Thus , the forest of Joypur reflects a phanerochamaephytic type of phytoclimate.

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