Phytosociological Status under Pink Cedar (<I>Acrocarpus fraxinifolius</I> Wight and Arn.) Plantations in Himachal Pradesh

Suresh Kumar; N. K. Gupta; P. K. Mahajan; Deep Shikha

doi:10.36808/if/2015/v141i12/85593

Phytosociological Status under Pink Cedar (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight and Arn.) Plantations in Himachal Pradesh

Authors

Suresh Kumar Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, 173230 (HP)
N. K. Gupta Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, 173230 (HP)
P. K. Mahajan Department of Basic Sciences, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, 173230 (HP)
Deep Shikha Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Nauni, Solan, 173230 (HP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2015/v141i12/85593

Keywords:

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, Spacing, Phytosociology.

Abstract

The present study was carried out at four sites. The spacing of site-I was 1.5m Ã— 1.5m; site-II: 1.0m Ã— 3.5m; site-III: 3.0m Ã— 3.0m and site-IV: 4.0m Ã— 4.0m at Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The maximum species diversity and basal area (BA) of grasses and herbs (56.65 cm²/m² ) was at site-I having lowest plant spacing, with least basal area (BA) of shrub and woody regeneration (1.16 cm²/m² ). Lantana camara and Murraya koenigii showed there presence at all the sites among shrubs, having dominance of Lantana camara at sites-I, -III and -IV. Apluda mutica, Chloris gayana and Chrysopogon montanus were present in all the sites among different grasses and herbs, however, Apluda mutica showed dominance at site-I and -III, while, Chrysopogon montanus dominated at site-II and -IV. Bidens pilosa dominated at site-I and -IV, while Erigeron annus was present at site-II and -III among herbs. Maximum similarity (60.00 %) between site-I and -IV was observed for grasses and herbs, however, for shrubs and woody regeneration, it (80.00 %) was observed between 3.0m Ã— 3.0m (site-III) and 4.0m Ã— 4.0m (site-IV) spacing.

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