T. Ananda Rao , A. K. Mukherjee , L. K. Banerjee

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An ecologically annotated inventory of the species growing in different habitats in the coastal belt of Midnapore District, West Bengal is presented. This list includes 156 species belonging to 120 genera and 55 families. It has a few members which are not reported from the gangelic Sundriban area or Orissa coast and includes a large number of local plants chiefty represented by agrestals/ruderals.

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T. Ananda Rao , P. G. Shanware , A. K. Mukherjee

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An ecological account of the vegetation and soils of the coastal dunes and slacks, is presented. The floristic and soil data are recorded in term of habitat types, recognised by their topography, edaphic conditions and the associated flora. A few plant grouping were observed to form a graded continuum from summit to mid-slope but no one of them reoccur in swale, indicating thereby the prevailing influence of the physiographic conditions on the plant colonisation trend.

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T. Ananda Rao , A. K. Mukherjee

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The vegetation pattern and corresponding analytical data on soils along the sandy shores of Orissa coast have been studied. The present study shows that this area is divisible into three apparent zones. Furthermore, it is certain, that each zone exhibits gradation in the substratum which is reflected in the variations of its floristic composition.

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