Floristic Study of Galana Fort Area of Malega...

Floristic Study of Galana Fort Area of Malegaon Taluka, Dist-Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Author Name : J. T. Jadhav

ABSTRACT

The present study for investigation was carried out in order to explore the existing floristic composition in Galana fort area District-Nashik (Maharashtra). The present area of Galana fort is selected for the floristic study.Galna fort  is located between 20.7733387º N and  74.5333314º E. The total geographical area is 121,400 m². Due to drought conditions of the area and adverse geographical conditions plant wealth are poor. This area has been given less attention of its vegetation. The vegetation was arid and dry deciduous, thorny scrub type. Based on the present study, the area is represented by 56 families,114 genera and 141species of the plant. Caesalpiniaceae and Mimosaceae was the dominant families followed by Fabaceae and Poaceae. The floristic information of the tree flora of Galana fort is now available for the first time with this publication.

Keywords: floristic, Galana fort, Malegaon, Maharashtra.