Floristic Inventory of Woody Plants in Fresh Water Wetland of Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India

In order to study the floristic diversity of woody plants in fresh water wetland of Doon Valley of Uttarakhand, India, four transect lines were set along moisture gradients using belt transect method. Floristic inventory and plant community was evaluated using standard techniques. Diameter at breast height (dbh) for all woody plants (>1 cm dbh) was recorded at 1.3m height. A total of 738 woody plants belonging to 28 families, 46 genera and 51 species were recorded. Species diversity as calculated using Shannon-Wiener diversity index was 2.82 for trees and 3.52 for shrub and basal area was 441.2 m 2 ha -1 for trees and 5.601 m 2 ha -1 for shrubs. The most abundant species was Trewia nudiflora, Linn (Euphorbiaceae), which accounted for 37% of the total sampled stems. Albizia lebbeck, Benth had the highest basal area with (313.23 m 2 ha -1 .) Moraceae was the dominant family accounting for 7% of the stems. (Nature and Science 2010;8(11):75-81). (ISSN: 1545-0740).