Diversity of Herbaceous Plants of Upwan Area of Jubilee Park, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

By : Anita Kumari, Jyoti Kumar

Page No: 297-301

Abstract 
The present work aimed to study the herbaceous diversity of Upwan area of Jubilee park, Jamshedpur. The herbaceous cover diversity of the sites was represented by 18 herbs species belonging to 9 families.
Among the herbs Scirpus densus Wall., Cyperus alopecuroides (Rottb.) and Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf were found to be having highest frequency of 100% followed by Scirpus barbatus Rottb. (80%), Phyllanthus niruri auct. non L. (80%), Saccharum spontaneum L. (80%) and Cyperus arenarius Retz. (60%).
The data recorded for herbs showed that Scirpus densus Wall. And Dichanthium annulatum (Forssk.) Stapf had highest Important Value Index (IVI) i.e. 49.15 and 42.58. The minimum IVI found in Lipocarpha sphacelata (Vahl) Kunth and Saccharum spontaneum L. was 8.60 and 7.89.
The floristic diversity is the natural resource and wealth of a region and acquiring knowledge of it is of immense scientific and commercial importance.

Authors :
Anita Kumari : Jamshedpur Co-Operative College, Jamshedpur, Kolhan University, Chaibasa – 833201, Jharkhand.
Jyoti Kumar : University Department of Botany, Ranchi University, Ranchi – 834008, Jharkhand.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2021.37.02.11