Research Article | Published: 01 September 2000

Structure and Floristic Composition of a Dry Deciduous Forest of Bidar District, Karnataka

Y. N. Seetharam, C. Haleshi and Vijay

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 23 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 241-247 | 2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2000-IT50T8 | Cite this article

Abstract

The present study deals with the structure, composition, regeneration status and plant diversity of Bidar District forests of North-eastern Karnataka. All the plants above 15 cm DBH were enumerated in 1.6 ha. Sampled area to quantify the diversity of plant community. The tree density of the area is 530 to 1760 individual/ha. And the total basal cover ranged from 2.7 to 16.7 sq.m/ha. The tree diversity indices are Shannon’s H’ 2.98 and E=0.81 and Simpson’s D 0.07 and I-D is equal to 0.92. On the basis of dominance the series of plant communities are a) Chloroxylon swietenia – Anogeissus latifolia – Acacia chundra, b) Albizia amara – Bauhinia racaemosa – Lannea coromandelica, and c) Dalbergia paniculata – Butea monosperma – Soymida febrifuga. The stem density and basal area of the forest is 900/ha. And 7.7 sq.m/ha. Respectively. The girth distribution pattern shows ‘L’ shaped curve indicating the good regeneration in the forest.

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Seetharam, Y.N., Haleshi, C. and Vijay, 2000. Structure and Floristic Composition of a Dry Deciduous Forest of Bidar District, Karnataka. Indian Journal of Forestry, 23(3), pp.241-247. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2000-IT50T8

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