Vol. 4 No. 2 (2017): Vol 4, Iss 2, Year 2017 (Dr.S.Paulsamy Commemoration Issue)
Articles

PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND FLORISTRIC DIVERSITY OF VANEESWARAM KAVU IN KANNUR DISTRICT, KERALA

Jeeshna M.V
Department of Botany, Sree Narayana College, Thottada, Kannur, Kerala - 670 007.
Published December 30, 2017
Keywords
  • Sacred grove, phytosociology, biodiversity, regeneration.
How to Cite
M.V, J. (2017). PHYTOSOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND FLORISTRIC DIVERSITY OF VANEESWARAM KAVU IN KANNUR DISTRICT, KERALA. Kongunadu Research Journal, 4(2), 19-23. https://doi.org/10.26524/krj197

Abstract

Sacred groves act as a treasure house for rare and medicinal plants. Apart from the quantitative analysis quantitative approach to sacred grove gives the potential species and importance of sacred grove, which is the main focuses of this work. There are many sacred grooves are present at Kannur district in which
Vaneeswaram Kavu is one of the important one. The flora of sacred groves of has analysed taxonomically and phytosociologically. A total of 64 vascular plants falling under 61 genera and 43 families were documented. About 12 species are reported in the red listed category. In phytosociological studies species
like, Elaeocarpus serratus, Erycibe paniculata and Scleria lithosperma were showing higher IVI. The devastation of species diversity in the study area represent there is an urgent need for regeneration of the species for conservation of biodiversity.

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