Dominating plant species around Sanganer area contaminated with effluents from textile dyeing and printing industries.

Ms. Shilpa Sharma; Dr. Shikha Roy

Volume : V, Issue : II, February - 2015

Dominating plant species around Sanganer area contaminated with effluents from textile dyeing and printing industries.

Ms. Shilpa Sharma, Dr. Shikha Roy

Abstract :

Different plant species were found at sites contaminated with textile dyeing and printing effluents. A total of 316 plant species belonging to 33 different plant families were found growing at the sites contaminated with textile dyeing and printing effluent. The plant species that were found to dominate the sites were Croton bonplandanium, Amaranthus spinosus and Abutilon bidentatum. The average density of plant Croton bonplandianum was found to be highest among all the other plant species. The mean frequency of Amaranthus spinosus was 85%, Croton bonplandianum 80% and Abutilon bidentatum 48.33%. The species richness was higher for site 1 whereas the dominance was higher for site 2. The IVI was highest for Croton bonplandianum followed by Amaranthus spinosus and Abutilon bidentatum from rest of the other plant species found in the area. As these plant species are capable of surviving in the contaminated area they could be applied for the removal of pollutants through bioremediation.