Research Article | Published: 01 December 2012

Regeneration status of trees around Khoh river in Garhwal Himalaya

Kaiser Iqbal, Nazir A. Pala, Jahangeer A.  Bhat and A. K. Negi

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 35 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 471-476 | 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2012-N01N7O | Cite this article

Abstract

This paper describes the regeneration status of trees along and away from riverian vegetation of Khoh river area of District Pauri in Garhwal Himalaya. Two sites were studied to examine regeneration status/pattern along the river and away from the river area. Seedling (1129.15 seedlings ha-1), sapling (1010.01seedlings ha-1) and tree density (660 trees ha-1) were greater along the river stretch. The highest and lowest seedling density along the rivarian patch was recorded for Salix teterasperma (162.50 seedlings ha-1) and Toona hexandra (29.17 seedlings ha-1) respectively while the highest and lowest seedling density in the area away from the river was observed for Pyrus pashia (106 seedlings ha-1) and Syzygium cumini (23.33 seedlings ha-1) respectively. The tree species Terminalia alata, Bischofia javanica, Melia azedarch and Dalbergia sissoo along the river and Buchanania lanzan, Pyrus pashia, Lagerstromia parviflora and Bombax ceiba observed away from the river were found without any regeneration. The diameter class showed decreasing trend with increase in size of girth class at both the study sites.

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Iqbal, K., Pala, N.A., Bhat, J.A. and Negi, A.K., 2012. Regeneration status of trees around Khoh river in Garhwal Himalaya. Indian Journal of Forestry, 35(4), pp.471-476. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-2012-N01N7O

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