Identification and Enumeration of Trees Family and Species of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalay, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

Ami Gautam; Pragati Bajpai; Vivek Vaishnav; S. S. Dhuria

doi:10.36808/if/2014/v140i3/47447

Identification and Enumeration of Trees Family and Species of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalay, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

Authors

Ami Gautam Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Science Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalay, Bilaspur-495009, Chhattisgarh
Pragati Bajpai Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Science Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalay, Bilaspur-495009, Chhattisgarh
Vivek Vaishnav Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Science Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalay, Bilaspur-495009, Chhattisgarh
S. S. Dhuria Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Science Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalay, Bilaspur-495009, Chhattisgarh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2014/v140i3/47447

Keywords:

Species, Identification, Family, Plantation

Abstract

Identification and enumeration of trees was carried out during year 2010-2011, in Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalay Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh situated at 220 07' 46.70' N, to 82008' 30.74' E, on elevation of 913 feet. 72 species of trees of 65 genera belonging to 36 families are identified through frequent field surveys. The campus includes mainly Acacia nilotica, Butea monosperma, Terminalia arjuna and species of Ficus, which are dominantly distributed around the campus. Numbers of planted species are higher than the naturally occurring species. Peltophorum ferruginium and Senna siamea are the most planted evergreen species.