Invasive alien flora of Harda district of Madhya Pradesh

Sainkhediya Jeetendra

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2016

Invasive alien flora of Harda district of Madhya Pradesh

Sainkhediya Jeetendra

Abstract :

Intensive floristic survey has been carried out in different seasons from 2011 to 2015 by well planned schedule. A study was conducted to analyze the invasive alien species of Harda district of Madhya Pradesh. Harda district is located in south western part of Madhya Pradesh. Exotic species occurs outside their natural adapted ranges and dispersal potential.145 exotic plant species have been recorded in Harda district which are distributed in 42 families of angiosperms.These are naturalished in study area which accounts 16 % of total flora. Of these highest numbers of 93 plants are distributed in native of tropical and subtropical America followed by Africa (19), Eurasia (16), Europian (6), China (2), Brazil (1) and others (8). Mentioning few of invasive plants in study area are Eichhornia crassipes (Mar.) Sol.; Senna uniflora (Mill.) Irw. & Bar.; Argemone mexicana L.; Ocimum americanum L.; Parthenium hysterophorus L.; Merremia aegyptica (L.) Urb. Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp., Lantana aculeata L. etc.