The Vegetation of Kudiraimoli Teri, Tirunelveli District, Madras State

A detailed floristic and ecological study of Kudiraimoli Teri has been made during 1961-62. The whole range of forest is divided into South West and North East zones. The vegetation of North East zone is formed by pure formation of Borassus flabellifer and that of the South West zone is formed by the scrub jungle type.

The vegetative analysis of the scrub vegetation has been made by quadrat study. The quantitative analytic characters of the species of the type have been worked out.

Among the 105 species distributed under 45 families studied from this region, the family Leguminosae forms the physiognomic family dominance.