phytosociological analysis of vegetation of baikunthpur, dist-koria (chhattisgarh) india

Research Article
Mantosh Kumar Sinha1* and Deepima Sinha2
DOI: 
xxx-xxxx-xxx
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Phytosociology, Baikunthpur, vegetation, % frequency
Abstract: 

Koria district in Chhattisgarh lies between 22058' and 23051' North Latitude and 81059' and 82045' East Longitude and has a forest area of 81.23%. The district has a sizeable tribal population using enormous range of plants for their basic needs, sustenance and livelihood. The district has very rich plant diversity, including medicinal plants. The vegetation of the district has not comprehensively described. Keeping these points in view the present investigation was planned to enumerated phytosociological analysis of vegetation of medicinal plants belonging to Baikunthpur block enumerated 140 plants. Plants having 100% frequency were Alangium lamarckii, Diospyros melanoxylon, Lawsonia inermis, Vicia sativa and Shorea robusta .The minimum frequency of 10% was exhibited by Grewia tiliaefolia, Croton tiglium, Curculigo orchioides and Lasiosiphon eriocephalus.