Ecological status of fodder and fuelwood species in Banari Devi sacred grove of Kumaun Himalaya, Uttarakhand Chandra Naveen*, Joshi Vinod Chandra1, Mishra Arun Pratap2 Uttarakhand Space Application Centre, Dehradun-248 006, India 1G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora-263 643, India 2Botanical Survey of India, Dehradun-248 006, India *bhattnaveen857@gmail.com
Online published on 9 March, 2021. Abstract The present study was carried out in various forests Banari Devi Sacred Grove in Almora (1700-2000). Kumaun Himalaya to assess the ecological status of fodder and fuelwood species. A total of twelve woody plants species were representing from eleven families. Ericaceae was a dominant family represented by two genera Quercus leucotrichophora was the dominant species where in all selected forest stands. Tree density varied from 860 to 980 individuals ha-1 for tree, 360 to 520 ind. ha-1 for sapling and 2030-3020 ind ha-1 for seedling. The total basal cover ranged between (21.87-34.35 m2 ha-1). The species diversity range d between 1.03 to 1.37 for tree, 1.24 to 1.46 for sapling, and 1.46 to 2.15 for seedling. Top Keywords Species composition, Kumaun Himalaya, Fodder plant, Tree diversity. Top |