Floristic Diversity Assessment of Forest areas of Jamui District of Bihar

Author: A. Chandra*, H.B. Naithani, P.K. Verma, J. Saxena and S. Kishwan

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Abstract

The goal of the study was to determine the plant diversity of Jamui district of Bihar. Five forest sites were selected at random for the study. The study reveals that there are 129 species belonging to 109 genera and 52 families (46 dicotyledons, 5 monocotyledons, and 1 pteridophyte). Fabaceae (11 species) was the biggest family in the area, followed by Poaceae (7 species), Caesalpiniaceae (6 species), etc. In terms of habitat, in all five locations had 59 tree, 21 shrub, 23 herb, 18 climber, 7 grass and 1 pteridophyte species. For tree, shrubby, and herbaceous layers different diversity indices such as Important Value Index (IVI), Species richness, Shannon Wiener index, Concentration of dominance and Evenness were estimated. Study reveals that Lachcuar site is the most diverse in the area followed by Bamdah, Dahiyari, Mircha and Narganjo. Findings will be extremely useful to forest department officials, researchers, students, and others in carrying out conservation and manage

Keywords

Plant Diversity, Important Value Index, Species richness, Conservation.

Conclusion

It is concluded from the study that Jamui district of Bihar possesses high floristic diversity in the forest area. However, plant diversity is not the same in all areas. On the basis of different diversity attributes in the tree layer, the Lachcuar site is the most diverse site in the Jamui district, followed by Bamdah, Dahiyari, Mircha and Narganjo. In the case of shrubby layer, the Mircha site was the most diverse, followed by Lachchuar, Dahiyari, Bamdah and Narganjo. The herbaceous layer had more diversity at the Narganjo site, followed by Lachchuar, Mircha, Bamdah and Dahiyari. The Narganjo site is relatively less diverse than other sites in the area. Further investigation should be carried out to find the cause of the low diversity at the site and appropriate management strategies should be adopted for its restoration. Both quantitative and quantitative assessments of vegetation are essential for a holistic picture of the diversity of any area for developing conservation and manag

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A. Chandra, H.B. Naithani, P.K. Verma, J. Saxena and S. Kishwan (2022). Floristic Diversity Assessment of Forest areas of Jamui District of Bihar. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(1): 371-378.