Plant Diversity Development Under Planted Woody Species on Coal Mine Spoil in a Dry Tropical Environment, India: A Case Study

Kumar, Pardeep; Kumar, Abhishek; Patil, Meenu; Sharma, Nitin K.; Singh, Anand N.

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Plant Diversity Development Under Planted Woody Species on Coal Mine Spoil in a Dry Tropical Environment, India: A Case Study

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Kumar Pardeep , Kumar Abhishek , Patil Meenu , Sharma Nitin K. , Singh Anand N.

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The development of reconstructed woody vegetation on coal mine dumps during the trajectory of reclamation was explicitly investigated by means of a rehabilitation technique. However, limited information is available about the composition of herbaceous species during the ecosystem re-development on mine dumps. The present study attempted to assess the composition of herbaceous vegetation beneath plantation stands of four native woody species on the coal mine spoil in a dry tropical environment. After a thorough survey of the study site, a total of 44 species of herbaceous plants belonging to 14 families were recorded. Among the recorded plant families, the Poaceae contributed the highest number of species (18) across all ages of all plantation stands. The biodiversity parameter such as species richness exhibited an increasing trend with age under plantation stand of T. grandis only, while the rest of the plantations showed a decreasing trend. In terms of the similarity index, the plantation stands of A. procera and T. grandis were closer to each other while A. lebbeck and D. strictus were farthest apart. However, the highest IVI was recorded in the seedling of A. lebbeck under the planted stand of A. lebbeck while lowest of Rungia repens (2.85) under A. procera stands at 17^th-year of age. In conclusion, the plantation age, dominant tree species, and species specificity have a significant impact on the development of herbaceous vegetation beneath the plantation stand of four native woody species.

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biodiversity development coal mine spoil herbaceous vegetation phytosociology rehabilitation

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Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej
Lublin University of Technology

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Journal of Ecological Engineering

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2020

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Vol. 21, nr 2

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228--243

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Bibliogr. 68 poz., rys., tab.

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Kumar Pardeep

Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India

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Kumar Abhishek

Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India

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Patil Meenu

Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India

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Sharma Nitin K.

Department of Botany, Govt. College Amb, Una, HP, 177203, India

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Singh Anand N.

ansingh@pu.ac.in

Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India

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