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working plan of ferozepur forest division - Pbforests.gov.in

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CHAPTER - IITHE FORESTS2.1 THE COMPOSITION AND THE CONDITION OF THE CROP:Before the Forest Department took over management <strong>of</strong> these <strong>forest</strong>s, they were<strong>in</strong> the shape <strong>of</strong> scattered patches and uneven <strong>in</strong> age group. The orig<strong>in</strong>al scrub vegetation is stillfound <strong>in</strong> some areas. The scrub vegetation comprises <strong>of</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g species:1. Van (Salvadora oleoides)2. Jand (Prosopis specigera)3. Beri (Zizyphus mauritiana)These <strong>forest</strong>s fall under the type <strong>of</strong> "Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests". The undergrowth consists <strong>of</strong> Malha (Zizyphus numularia), H<strong>in</strong>s (Capparis sepiaria) and few other thornyshrubs.Over WoodThe over wood is ma<strong>in</strong>ly composed <strong>of</strong> Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham). Acacia nilotica,Acacia tortillas (Kikar/Babul),Eucalyptus hybrid,Term<strong>in</strong>alia arjuna (Arjan), Mangifera <strong>in</strong>dica(Mango), Morus alba (Toot), Syzygiumcum<strong>in</strong>i (Jamun), Albizzia lebbek (Siris),There is scattered presence <strong>of</strong> other species like Ficus benghalensis (Bohar), Ficusreligiosa (pipal), Butea monosperma (Dhak), Poplar species, Zizyphus mauritiana (Beri),Bombax ceiba (Simal) and Cassiaspecies.Under GrowthIt consists <strong>of</strong> Zizyphus nummularia (Mallah), Artemisia scoparia (Jhau), Calotropisprocera (Auk), Capparis sepiaria (M<strong>in</strong>s) Cannabis sativa (Bhang), Capparis aphylla (Karir),Carissa sp<strong>in</strong>arum (Karonda), Cassia tora (Panwar), Lantana camara (Punj Phulli) and Adhatodavasica (Basuti).Ground FloraIt comprises <strong>of</strong> number <strong>of</strong> grasses, herbs and shrubs. Most <strong>of</strong> the strips especially thewater logged and low-ly<strong>in</strong>g areas, bear dense growth <strong>of</strong> Kana and Kahi (Sachrum spp.). Cynodondactylon (Khabbal) is found <strong>in</strong> unfavorable and moderately grazed areas. Cenchrus species(Amjan) grows <strong>in</strong> sandy places, Desmostachya bip<strong>in</strong>nata (Daby) flourishes under dry conditions.25

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