Tree Diversity Analysis and Study of Minor Forest Products of Tree species of a Tropical Forest Patch of Purulia, West Bengal, India.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2025/v151i4/170705Keywords:
IVI, NTFP, Phytosociology. Tropical forest, Tree diversity.Abstract
The present paper deals with the phytosociological analysis of the tree species of Nanna Forest patch of Purulia District, West Bengal, India. It is the scientific record of tree diversity in recent time from this unexplored Geographical area, recorded 37 tree species belonging to 23 families including exotic species. The highest Important value Index (IVI value- 36.54) was recorded for the dominant tree species Shorea robusta Gaertn., associated with Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia (Roxb.) A. Chev. (31.25), and Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb. (25.20), Diversity index (H), Dominance index(CD) and Evenness index (E) were calculated from total sample. The value of the indices is 1.56, 0.059, 0.011 respectively. The physicochemical parameter indices soil of the forest region is lateritic in nature. On the basis of IVI value, the forest type is Shorea-Madhuca-Diospyros.
References
Behura S., Kar M. and Upadhay V. (2016). Ecological analysis of Tree Species at two reclaimed sites of Sukinda Chromite mining region of Odhisha, India, Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci., 3(1): 51-59.
Bhattacharya A. and Mukherjee A. (2006). A preliminary forest survey in Garhjangal: Durgapur, West Bengal. Ind. J. Appl. Pure Biol., 21(2): 293- 298
Champion H.G. and Seth S.K. (1968). A Revised Survey of Forest types of India. Govt. of India press, New Delhi, p. 404.
Cotton G. and Curties J. (1956). The use of distance measure in phytosociological soupling. Ecology, 37: 451-460. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/1930167
Das A. (2018). Ethnobotanical uses of Wild fruits of Santal Parganas (Jharkhand), International Journal of Minor fruits, Medicinal and Aromatic plants, 4(2): 31-38.
Ganguli S., Gupta H. and Bhattacharya K. (2016). Vegetation structure and species diversity in Garhjungle sacred forest, West Bengal, India, International Journal of Environmental & Agriculture Research, 2: 2454-1850.
ISFR (2023). India State of Forest Report, Forest Survey of India. Ministry of environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India.1:184-185
Jackson M.L. (1958). Soil chemical analysis Prentice Hall, Inc, Engle Wood Cliffs, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Khan M., Hussain F. and Musaraf S. (2013). “Biodiversity of plant species in tehsil Takht-e-Nasrati, pakisthan”, International journal of Biodiversity and Conservation, 5(1): 39-46.
Kumar S. and Sharma S. (2014). Diversity Disturbance and Regeneration status Forest along an altitudinal gradient in Paddar valley, North west Himalayas, Indian Forester, 140(4): 348-353.
Kumar R., Baishya R., Gawdiya S. and Verma A. (2022). Phytosociology and diversity assessment of Tree species of Northern Delhi Ridge Forest. EM International, ISSN 0971765X, pp. (S198-S201). DOI: https://doi.org/10.53550/EEC.2022.v28i03s.029
Kushwaha S. and Nandi S. (2012). Species Diversity and community Structure in Sal forest of two different rainfall regims in West Bengal, India. Biodivers Conserv., 21: 1215-1228 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-012-0264-8
Lal C., Singh, L. Attri V. and Sarvade S. (2015). Tree Species diversity, distribution and population structure in a tropical dry deciduous forest of Chatisgarh, India, Journal of Applied and Natural Science., 7(2): 681-685. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v7i2.666
Luta E., Ghica M. and Gird E. (2022). The Initiation of a Phytosociolocal study on Certain Types of Medicinal plants, Agriculture. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12020283
Misra R. (1968). Ecology Work book Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi.
Phillips A. (1959). Holtdrydenbook,Henry Halt and Co: Inc, New York.
Pilania P., Gujar K. Joshi P.M. Shrivastav S.C. and Panchal N.S. (2015), phytosociological and ethanobotanical study of trees in a tropical dry deciduous forest in Panchmahal district of Gujarat, Western India, Indian Forester, 141(4): 422-427.
Rao D., Murthy P. and Kumar A. (2015). Plant Biodiversity and Tree Species diversity of Khammam District,Telangana State, India. Journal of Pharmacutical Science and Research, ISSN:09755-1459, 7(8): 518-522.
Reddy C., Pattanayek C., Mahapatra A. and Biswal A. (2007). Phytosociological Observation on Tree Diversity of tropical forest of Simlapal Biosphere Reserve, Taiwania, 52(4): 352-359.
Shannon, C.E. and Weaver, W. (1963). The Mathematical theory of Communication. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, USA.
Simpson H. (1949). Measurement of Diversity. Nature, 163: 688. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/163688a0
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Unless otherwise stated, copyright or similar rights in all materials presented on the site, including graphical images, are owned by Indian Forester.