Vegetation and Floristic Diversity of Bhitarkanika National Park, Orissa, India

Abstract

Bhitarkanika National Park of Orissa has much significance due to ecological, biological and geomorphological background. It has rich floristic diversity and great variability at species and ecosystem levels in consisting of different types of vegetation in different habitats representing Diospyros swamp forest, Tamarix-Salvadora scrub, palm swamp, salt marshes, grasslands, sand dune and aquatic vegetation. Number of species identified are 372 belonging to 262 genera under 100 families.