Documentation of arboreal flora of nirmala college campus, coimbatore

Abstract

The present study was carried to document the Arboreal Flora of Nirmala College Campus, Coimbatore. In the present documentation different tree species were identified ranging from small to large tree type in the college campus. Totally there are 37 different types of tree species belonging to 39 genera with 22 families of which 38 species are angiosperms, where only one species is represented as Gymnosperm. This documentation study will help in the identification of species with its traditional economic use, monitoring the tree species to evaluate the qualitative changes in the species and to know the phenology of various plants located in the campus for their proper utilization and conservation.