Tree species of the Himalayan Terai region of Uttar Pradesh, India: a checklist

Bajpai, Omesh; Kumar, Anoop; Srivastava, Awadhesh Kumar; Kushwaha, A.K.; Pandey, Jitendra; Chaudhary, Lal Babu

doi:10.15560/11.4.1718

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“…Hence, in order to ensure their conservation and management, study of the plants in such environments should be considered of key importance. Moreover, several natural habitats are at risk and the species within them experience potential extinction [11]. There is also massive habitat loss in the buffer zone that results in species destructions [12] and positioning numerous wetland species on threatened and endangered species lists.…”

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Vegetation structure of wetlands in Eastern Himalayan Highlands of Gasa, Bhutan

Tendar¹,

Sridith²

2021

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The study was conducted on the unexplored wetland vegetation of the eastern Himalayan highlands of Gasa District, Northern Bhutan. A random quadrat sampling of 1 × 1 m 2 method was used to assess the presenceabsence of species, including shrubs, trees, mosses, ferns, and climbers, that were occurring adjacent to plots. Altogether, 201 taxa from 81 families, distributed in 149 genera, were recorded. Among the total species, 6 bryophytes, 20 monilophytes, 2 gymnosperms, and 173 angiosperms species were found. The most abundant life forms represented were herbaceous (62%) and shrub (29%), followed by tree (7%) and climber (2%). The four unique vegetation structure (represented in schematic profile diagrams) of habitats: fresh water meadow, seasonally flooded basin of flat, shallow fresh marsh, and poor fen, were found. The study suggests protecting ecotone (a transition zone between the wetland and surrounding uplands) as part of the measures to protect wetlands and their vegetation in the Himalayas.

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Vegetation structure of wetlands in Eastern Himalayan Highlands of Gasa, Bhutan

Tendar¹,

Sridith²

2021

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“…The genus of Ficus belongs to the family Moraceae, this genus includes about 750 species (Semwal et al, 2013). From those, Ficus retusa L. which is native to India (Bajpai et al, 2015) and widely distributed in several parts of Egypt. This species is considered one of the most important public parks and street trees.…”

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Physical and Mechanical Characterization of Three Egyptian Woody Species

Hassan

2019

Journal of Plant Production

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Currently, there is lack of data provided in the literature regarding the wood quality of locally grown timber trees. It is known that the wood quality varies greatly from one geographical area to another depending on the growth conditions and environmental factors. Therefore, this study aimed to characterize the wood quality of three hardwoods species; Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. (irrigated with treated wastewater), Morus nigra, and Ficus retusa L. grown in Egypt in order to find the possible utilization of these species. Physical and mechanical properties were compared with the internationally published data in the literature, especially those grown in their native environment of the same three genera. Density, shrinkage characteristics, modulus of rupture (MOR), maximum crushing strength (MCS) and Janka hardness in tangential and radial surfaces (HT and HR) were determined. Simple linear regression analyses revealed strong correlations between density and mechanical strength properties (MOR, MCS, and HT). M. nigra exhibited lower mechanical performance compared with the data reported in the literature. In contrast, D. sissoo showed high mechanical performance, this may be a large part attributed to the irrigation with treated wastewater. However, both species fit the same uses found in the literature. In addition, this study indicates that both species also may serve as an alternative to beech and oak wood used as parquet flooring in Egypt. F. retusa wood can be used as a substitute for imported pine and spruce wood, which are widely used in the local market as wooden strips in the core layer of blockboards.

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“…When we focused only on the tropical moist deciduous forests of Northern India, only Terai landscape appear in the mind. It is a low-lying narrow stretch along the Himalayan foothills in the north of great plain of Ganga river system from Uttaranchal to Bihar (Bajpai et al, 2015b). From biodiversity point of view, this eco-region is very rich and interesting as it is an ecotone between the Sub-Himalayan foothills and Gangetic plain (De, 2001;Bajpai et al, 2015b).…”

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“…It is a low-lying narrow stretch along the Himalayan foothills in the north of great plain of Ganga river system from Uttaranchal to Bihar (Bajpai et al, 2015b). From biodiversity point of view, this eco-region is very rich and interesting as it is an ecotone between the Sub-Himalayan foothills and Gangetic plain (De, 2001;Bajpai et al, 2015b). A long time before, this eco-region was entirely covered by natural Sal (Shorea robusta Gaertn.…”

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Ecological exploration of Kuwana forest: A tropical moist deciduous forest of eastern Terai, India

Bajpai¹,

Suman

Upadhyay

2017

Ann.Pl.Sci.

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The present study was conducted in the Kuwana forest of Gonda forest division in Uttar Pradesh to explore its ecological inventories. Random stratified sampling was adopted to collect the basic information like frequency, density and abundance for the calculation of importance value index (IVI). On the basis of principal component analysis (PCA) plot, three forest communities were identified and named as, Syzygium Lowland Forest (SLF), Shorea Miscellaneous Forest (SMF) and Mallotus Miscellaneous Forest (MMF). MMF community allowed the maximum 39 while SLF minimum 18 tree species growing in it. Conversely, SMF community showed higher heterogeneous tree diversity validated by lower Dominance index (0.088) and higher Simpson index (0.912). The values of these two indices were found very low in comparison with their range for tropical forests of India. On the otherhand the diversity indices (Shannon & Fisher alpha) was calculated as maximum (2.797 & 11.960 respectively) for MMF community, which indicates the existence of better tree diversity in this forest community. The higher values of Evenness & Equitability indices (0.646 & 0.859 respectively) for SMF community showed the more evenly distribution of tree species in this community.

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Tree species of the Himalayan Terai region of Uttar Pradesh, India: a checklist

Cited by 11 publications

References 9 publications

Vegetation structure of wetlands in Eastern Himalayan Highlands of Gasa, Bhutan

Vegetation structure of wetlands in Eastern Himalayan Highlands of Gasa, Bhutan

Physical and Mechanical Characterization of Three Egyptian Woody Species

Ecological exploration of Kuwana forest: A tropical moist deciduous forest of eastern Terai, India

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