Research Article

Effect of Small-Scale Variations in Environmental Factors on the Distribution of Woody Species in Tropical Deciduous Forests of Vindhyan Highlands, India

Table 1

Occurrence of woody species of Vindhyan highlands in two groups of experimental plots separated on the basis of some selected environmental variables.

SpeciesFamilyGroup 1Group 2
NIVINIVI

Terminalia tomentosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.Combretaceae33510.21335.80
Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.Dipterocarpaceae3249.821967.39
Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb.Ebenaceae3228.451766.56
Buchanania lanzan Spreng.Anacardiaceae1997.441365.71
Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb.Lythraceae2497.232038.20
Soymida febrifuga A. Juss.Meliaceae2116.511013.89
Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guill. & Perr.Combretaceae1886.281014.67
Acacia catechu (L.) Willd.Mimosaceae2206.011345.35
Hardwickia binata Roxb.Caesalpiniaceae1204.41331.83
Bridelia retusa (L.) A. Juss.Euphorbiaceae472.3400
Holarrhena antidysenterica Wall.Apocynaceae812.28863.30
Boswellia serrata Triana. & Planch.Burseraceae162.2420.46
Gardenia latifolia Aiton.Rubiaceae642.0630.43
Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Ridsdale.Rubiaceae572.0200
Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) J. Sinclair.Annonaceae281.8450.59
Emblica officinalis Gaertn.Euphorbiaceae91.71161.55
Lannea coromandelica L.Anacardiaceae141.62403.34
Flacourtia indica Merr.Flacourtiaceae301.61141.35
Zizyphus glaberrima Satap.Rhamnaceae231.59572.71
Bauhinia racemosa Lam.Caesalpiniaceae301.4200
Madhuca longifolia (J.König ex L.) J.F.Macbr.Sapotaceae230.93160.86
Zizyphus oenoplea Mill.Rhamnaceae210.92372.14
Cassia siamea Lam.Caesalpiniaceae280.8710.15
Acacia auriculiformis A.Cunn. ex Benth.Mimosaceae300.85301.19
Zizyphus nummularia Wight and Am.Rhamnaceae100.8180.89
Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn.Oleaceae310.78922.96
Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.Fabaceae110.7400
Gardenia turgida Roxb.Rubiaceae70.7400
Elaeodendron glaucum (Rottb.) Pers.Celastraceae70.7350.94
Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb.) Planch.Ulmaceae60.6720.29
Semecarpus anacardium L.f.Anacardiaceae230.6600
Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth.Rubiaceae150.6200
Grewia serrulata DC.Tiliaceae70.5300
Cassia fistula L.Fabaceae150.4700
Carissa spinarum L.Apocynaceae60.4470.85
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz.Lythraceae80.43331.73
Ougeinia oogenesis Hochreut.Leguminosae40.3700
Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.Oleaceae90.3430.29
Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken.Sapindaceae60.3100
Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wall. in Roth.Rubiaceae20.2440.44
Terminalia chebula  Retz.Combretaceae10.1700
Azadirachta indica A. Juss.Meliaceae10.1730.62
Albizia odoratissima Roxb.Mimosaceae20.1400
Abrus precatorius L.Fabaceae00181.08
Dendrocalamus strictus (Roxb.) Nees.Poaceae0010420.07
Ficus racemosa Linn.Moraceae00371.79
Lantana camara L.Verbenaceae0010.14
Sterculia urens Roxb.Sterculiaceae0030.47