A Preliminary Study on the Lower and Higher Group of Plants at North Orissa University Campus Baripada, India

Abstract

The current study focuses on enlisting the floral component of North Orissa University Campus, Baripada. The plant specimens were collected and identified by experts and various literatures. A total of 109 plant species of 58 different families listing 90 species of Dicotyledons, 18 Monocotyledons and only 1 species of Gymnosperm were recorded from the study area. The study resulted in a total of 20 species of higher plants having high medicinal values and 5 lower plant species belonging to 5 families. The results found that Fabaceae, Poaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lentibulariaceae, and Asteraceae were the dominant families constituting the higher plant composition of the study area. A total of 70 species of woody and 39 species of non-woody plants were recorded during the study. All the plants were listed as per their native and exotic status which resulted 45 exotic species and 64 native species. The study also aimed on herbarium preparation which were submitted to the laboratory of