Diversity of Invasive alien plant species in district Yamuna Nagar of Haryana, India

Author: Amarjit Singh and Inam Mohammed

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Abstract

A study of diversity of invasive alien plant species in district Yamuna Nagar of Haryana has been carried out from September 2014 to August 2015. During this session, a total of 148 plants were screened for their nativity, 90 species were found to be of exotic origin belonging to 77 genera and 42 families in the study area. Majority of invasive species are naturalized, followed by invasive and casual. The authors have observed and reported that anthropogenic pressure, habitat loss of native species and climate change are the main causes of invasion of these species.

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Invasion, Anthropogenic pressure, Habitat loss and Yamuna Nagar.

Conclusion

A study of diversity of invasive alien plant species in district Yamuna Nagar of Haryana has been carried out from September 2014 to August 2015. During this session, a total of 148 plants were screened for their nativity, 90 species were found to be of exotic origin belonging to 77 genera and 42 families in the study area. Majority of invasive species are naturalized, followed by invasive and casual. The authors have observed and reported that anthropogenic pressure, habitat loss of native species and climate change are the main causes of invasion of these species.

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Invasive species are emerging as one of the major threats to sustainable development, on par with global warming and destruction of life–support systems. These alien species come in the form of plants, animals and microbes that have been introduced into an area from other parts of the world, and have been able to displace the indigenous species (Preston and Williams, 2003). The invasive species are widely distributed among all categories of living organisms as well as all kinds of ecosystems throughout the world (Hobbs and Humphries, 1995). Convention on Biodiversity (CBD, 2010) visualized that invasion by the exotic species is one of the leading threat to native wildlife. Several characteristics of the species help them to be invasive. Most important among them are the large quantity of seeds they produce which are mostly very small so as to be carried away to long distances by wind and water (Khare, 1980; Enserink, 1999). Many invasive plants produce allelochemicals which halt the

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Amarjit Singh and Inam Mohammed (2015). Diversity of Invasive alien plant species in district Yamuna Nagar of Haryana, India. Biological Forum – An International Journal 7(2): 1051-1056.