Floristic Diversity As Trees, Shrubs And Herbs Of District Sonipat, Haryana, India

Abstract

Urbanization is considered as a leading cause of species extinction and is often associated with negative impact on plant diversity, but it is also true that high levels of biodiversity may occur within cities. Over the past 30 years rapid changes have taken place in Sonipat too. In the present study, to enumerate the plant diversity of Sonipat district different places such as green space and parks, built-up areas, agricultural land-use, banks of pond, schools etc. were chosen. Regular field visits were done during the period of November, 2020-March, 2021. In this study, a total 161 species belonging to 133 genera and 54 families have been documented from the given area. Out of 54 families, 51 are from Angiosperms and 3 are from Gymnosperms. Of the recorded families, 128 species belong to 103 genera of dicotyledons,27 species belong to 24 genera of monocotyledons, 6 species of 6 genera recorded are gymnosperms. The most dominant family was Fabaceae (16 species;17%) followed by Poaceae (12 species; 13%) and Asteraceae (11 species; 12%). The present study provides current status data of plant species in Sonipat district and in future conservation strategies can be planned to protect the plant diversity of this area.