Research Article | Published: 25 September 2018

Life-form and Biological Spectrum of Morni Hills, Panchkula, Haryana

Acharya  Balkrishna, Bhasker Joshi, Anupam  Srivastava, B. K. Shukla, Shambhu Patel and Uday Bhan Prajapati

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 41 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 299-302 | 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2018-A50PYR | Cite this article

Abstract

The present paper deals with the different life form categories and biological spectrum of Morni Hills in Panchkula district of Haryana. During field surveys, 950 species of vascular plants were recorded from Morni Hills. It includes Therophytes (29.68%), Phanerophytes (21.89%), Nano-phanerophytes (12.94%), Chamaephytes (10.73%), Lianas (10%), Geophytes (8.32%), Hemicryptophytes (4.94%), Hydrophytes (0.84%) and Epiphytes (0.63%). Biological spectrum has been compared with normal spectrum to know the phytoclimate of this region. After the comparison with normal spectrum the phytoclimate of Morni area is Thero-Geo-Chamae-phytic.

Keywords

Biological spectrum, life-form, Morni Hills, Panchkula, Haryana

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Balkrishna, A., Joshi, B., Srivastava, A., Shukla, B.K., Patel, S. and Prajapati, U.B., 2018. Life-form and Biological Spectrum of Morni Hills, Panchkula, Haryana. Indian Journal of Forestry, 41(3), pp.299-302. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2018-A50PYR

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