Nahid Khan, Manoj Kumar Jhariya* and Dhiraj Kumar Yadav
University Teaching Department, Department of Farm Forestry, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Sarguja, Ambikapur- 497001 (Chhattisgarh), India
Email: manu9589@gmail.com
Received-01.03.2019, Revised-25.03.2019
Abstract: The present study was conducted in different directions(east, west, north and south) of Ambikapur to explore the urban vegetation in terms of species status, population structure and regeneration potential of species. A total of 10 tree species distributed into 6 families were recorded in east direction, 9 tree species with 4 families in west direction, 12 tree species comprised of 9 families in north direction, and 11 tree species belonging to 8 families were recorded in south direction. The tree density ranged between 170-240 trees/ha across the site being highest under north direction and least at east direction. The rarity and commonness of the species in urban setup reflected that majority of the species are rare in occurrence in different stratum while the intermediate, moderately high and common (high frequency) species class was almost negligible in the entire site in most of the vegetation stratum. Population structure of the species also revealed the younger vegetation stand in all the direction due to absence of the different size classes of the species. The regeneration of the species was not found up to the mark in all the direction. Therefore, there are needs for the conservation priority to manage the urban landscape for better management and planning.
Keywords: Structure, Population dynamics, Regeneration, Urban vegetation
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