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VOL. 6, ISSUE 2 (2021)
Phytosociological parameters of hills around pune city, pune
Authors
Mahajan DM, Shinde Vijayalaxmi R
Abstract
Phyto-sociological and floristic studies are widely recognised as being important in acquiring base-line data for the planning and management of any area. The most significant step in vegetation studies is to collect reliable and quantitative field data. This was done in the field by adopting the sampling technique as suggested by Braun-Blanquet (1932). The phyto-sociological surveys for suburban vegetation were undertaken on the hills (total 10) surrounding Pune city During present investigations, a qualitative and detailed quantitative data on the ecological relationships of 90 woody species was acquired. Out of total species the native species represents 68 % and exotics 22%. These species were distributed on the hills. Though, the native species were more in number than exotics, however, few exotic species were most abundantly found and planted. Altogether 2316 numbers of individual were reported from the sampling plots. Phyto-sociological studies were carried out on the 10 hills namely ARAI, Baner, Bhopdev ghat, Chaturshringi, Fergusson College, Kothrud, Parvati, Sutarwadi, University and Vetal. Overall, 124 quadrates of size 15 m X 15 m were plotted. Each and every tree in the quadrate is sampled along with GPS and studied for various Phytosociological parameters. Overall, the hills have represented fairly heterogeneous vegetation throughout the study area. In general, the plant community structure was Gliricidia sepium (IVI 1262.04) --- Dalbergia melanoxylon (141.32) -- Acacia catechu (133) -- Azadirachta indica (114.8) -- Leucaena leucocephala (91.69) -- Acacia leucophloea(87.17)…. Hence, to understand the status of vegetation on hills the field work was carried out. The phyto-sociological methods have been employed and the essential phyto-sociological parameters were analysed.
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Pages:560-567
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Mahajan DM, Shinde Vijayalaxmi R "Phytosociological parameters of hills around pune city, pune ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 560-567
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