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Floristic Composition of Singrauli Coal Mines Area


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1 Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad, India
 

Singrauli is situated on southern corner between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It falls under the district Sonbhadra of Uttar Pradesh and Sidhi of Madhya Pradesh. The entire mining area is represented by dry deciduous forests, degraded forests with dominant species of Madhaca longfolia var. latifalia (Roxb.) Chevalier. About 180 species belonging to 145 genera of 59 families have been collected from the coal mines area. The paper deals with the systematic enumeration of all species collected from the area along with ecological notes. Pollution aspects and conservation measures have been discussed.
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B. K. Shukla
Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad, India
G. P. Roy
Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad, India

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Singrauli is situated on southern corner between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. It falls under the district Sonbhadra of Uttar Pradesh and Sidhi of Madhya Pradesh. The entire mining area is represented by dry deciduous forests, degraded forests with dominant species of Madhaca longfolia var. latifalia (Roxb.) Chevalier. About 180 species belonging to 145 genera of 59 families have been collected from the coal mines area. The paper deals with the systematic enumeration of all species collected from the area along with ecological notes. Pollution aspects and conservation measures have been discussed.