T. Ananda Rao , P. G. Shanware , G. N. Tribedi

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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 , A. R. K. Sastry

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The ecology of the Indian coastal vegetation which is not only of great theoretical but also of practical interest has hitherto been insufficiently known. Champion and Seth (1968) dealt this vegetation type in a concise manner under the group, 'Littoral and Tidal swamp forests of India'. During the last 12 years, extensive data have been collected on the physiographic, floristic and edaphic aspects, and based on these, an attempt is now made to analyse and to reclassify the Indian coastal vegetation in greater detail, but adhering to the original frame work given by Champion and Seth 1968. In the present paper, the coastal vegetation type has heen further sub-divided into three types: Sand strand, Rock strand and Coral strand. Under each type, the salient features such as distribution, topography, floriotics and edaphic characters pertinent to each type have been discussed at length with suitable summary diagrams based on relative cover value of plants from quadrats and the analytical data.

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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. R. K. Sastry

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Studies on the Indian estuarine border vegetation have gained a steady importance in the recent years and considerable valuable data have been gathered especially with regard to floristic, edaphic and ecological aspects by various worhers and in particular by the Ecoloay Unit in the Botanical Survey of India, which is engaged in ecological studies on Indian coastal vegetation for the last 13 years. Based on this knowledge, an attempt is now made to analyse and reclassify the Tidal swamp forests is greater detail but adhering to the original framework of Champion and Seth (1968). In the present paper, this vegetational type has been sub-divided into two types: Euestuarine and Prostuarine; and the Prostuarine complex type has been further sub-divided into three sub-types: Tidal Mangrove, Euhyaline and Probyline Under each type and their sub-types the salient fetures such as plant groupings, topography, indicator plants and edaphic characteristics have been discussed.

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T. Ananda Rao , A. R. K. Sastry , P. Basu , N. R. Mandal

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In this paper, an account on the components of the coastal flora and vegetational mosaic in a graded sequence largely influenced by textural affinity, soil reaction, calcium carbonate content and salinity tolerance has been recorded. A total of 192 taxa with succinct field notes and specificity of plants for different habitats has been enumerated.

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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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