Checklist of floral species at the Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Pokhara, Nepal

Abstract

Plants are a component of biodiversity and support life system on earth. Exploration of plant species is important to aquire knowledge on plant biodiversity and their distribution. This study documents floral species in the Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Campus, Nepal. The Campus is one of the academic institutions for producing forestry graduates. The plant species were listed from 2020 to the first half of the year 2021 by walking along the accessible routes inside the Campus. A total of 331 species of plants from 276 genera and 99 families were recorded. Fabaceae family represented the maximum number of plant species (n=26) followed by Asteraceae (n=25) and Poaceae (n=21). 43% of the total species recorded were herbs. 31% of the total species were trees. 16 species were invasive alien plant species (IAPS) and four species are listed under Appendix-II of CITES.

Avian Diversity and Seasonal Abundance in Banpale Forest, Kaski District, Nepal

“…The area consists of varieties of other associated tree species such as Diospyrus melabaricum, Dalbergia sissoo, Dalbergia latifolia, Acacia catechu, Albeziaspecies, Cinnamom camphora, and Delonix regia. A total 331 plant species have been reported from Banpale Forest and Campus premises (Miya and Gautam, 2021). Banpale Forest is considered one of the bird watching hotspots in the Pokhara valley (Ghimire et al 2019).…”

“…Most research on birds in the Pokhara valley focus on the larger lakes of the lakecluster of the valley (Dhakal et al, 2020), leaving other parts unexplored. Only studies on plant diversity (Miya and Gautam, 2021) and mammals (Bhattarai et al 2021., Bist et al, 2021 have been done inside the Institute of Forestry campus, leaving avifauna understudied. As reported by Grimmett et al (2016), bushes and forests like Banpale Forest contribute 77% of Nepal's breeding bird habitat.…”