Diversity of Forest Tree in the Reserve Forest of Bhupdeopur of District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

Vijaylaxmi Naidu*, V.K. Kanungo, A.N. Bahadur - a. Department of Botany, Govt. Vishwanath Yadav Tamaskar PG. Autonomous College, Durg (CG). b. Department of Botany, Govt. Nagarjuna Science PG. College, Raipur (CG). c. Department of Botany, Govt. E. Raghvendra Rao PG. Science College, Bilaspur (CG).

The present study was conducted in Bhupdeopur Reserve forest of district Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The study area was divided into 4 circles named as Naharpali, Kerajher, Delari and Khairpur, each circle was further divided into beats and a total of 20 beats in 16 villages were considered for the study. The study site is spread over 25 km of North West of Raigarh. Bhupdeopur reserve forest is rich in its forest resources especially dry deciduous forest trees including Tectona grandis, Shorea robusta, Anogeissus latifolia. Pterocarpus marsupium, Terminalia tomentosa, Diospyros melanoxylon. Madhuca indica and Emblica officinalis are dominating species. In the present study an extensive survey has been conducted to find out the various types of forest flora. 80 tree species belonging to 33 families, their local name and various uses by the local inhabitant including medicinal value were recorded during the survey. The parameters such as frequency, density and abundance were also undertaken.


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Naidu V. Kanungo V.N. Bahadur A.N. (2017) : Diversity of Forest Tree in the Reserve Forest of Bhupdeopur of District Raigarh, Chhattisgarh Research Expression 2 : 2 & 3 (2017) 51 - 55