Plant species richness of the campus of College of Forestry, Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand
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2022
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College of Forestry, Ranichauri Campus, V.C.S.G. Uttarakhand University of Horticulture and Forestry
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A study on the “Plant species richness of the Campus of College of Forestry Ranichauri, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand” was carried out during the month of August 2021 to October 2021. The survey was done to observe, record and to initiate the activities, such as collection of plant taxa, habitat characteristics and identification of potential species for various medicinal uses. The collected plants were preserved using herbarium preparation techniques. During the study a total of 253 species belonging to 188 genera and 81 were documented. The majority of the documented plants were herbs (54 %), followed by trees (23 %), shrubs (12 %), ferns (5 %) and climber (4%). Poaceae was the dominant family with 23 genera and 37 species, followed by Asteraceae (23 species in 15 genera) and Rosaceae (16 species in 9 genera). From the total 87 plant taxa, 77 plant taxa were least concern, 02 rare, 02 endangered, 04 vulnerable and 02 were data deficient. Regarding traditional utilization, about 88 ethno-botanical species (42 herbs, 27 trees, 14 shrubs, 5 climbers) are being utilized by the local people in study area. Some of the medicinal plants species such as Cinnamomum tamala, Tinospora cordifolia, Chenopodium album, Berginia ciliata, Myrica esculenta, Cannabis sativa, Berberis asiatica, Urtica dioica, Rhododendron arboreum, Cuscuta reflexa, Eupatorium adenophorum and Zanthoxylum armatum used by local people for medicine purposes. Local people were keen to provide the information and transferring the indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants from one generation to other generation. The information obtained from the study can be utilized for conservation, sustainable utilization and management of forest resources from the study area for socio-economic development of the inhabitants and maintaining diversity.
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M.Sc. Forestry